Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Devavrat Kumar Sahani Vs State of Bihar dated 07/04/2025. The application was being registered on the basis of a letter petition dated December 27, 2024 sent to the NGT by the applicant, Devavrat Kumar Sahani, Muzaffarpur, …
BHUBANESWAR: Call it creating wealth out of waste or innovation in converting a mere garbage material to eco-friendly polymers, the benefit is threefold: Helping the environment in manufacturing biodegradable material for a green planet, finding out ways for multiple uses of the bio-polymers with a vast array of human and …
Srinagar: Academicians, administrators, students and representatives of non-governmental organisations today discussed the need to root out the problem of polythene from the Kashmir valley on the occasion of World Earth Day here. Speaking at a seminar organised by the State Pollution Control Board at Kashmir University, Farooq Ahmad Renzu, commissioner …
Ahmedabad : A Green Generation Campaign' to create awareness about the menace of plastic bags will be launched by Centre for Environment Education (CEE) starting from Earth day on Wednesday. The campaign will focus on the impact of usage of plastic carry bags and emphasise the need to shift to …
Mumbai As the 39th anniversary of Earth Day dawns upon us, thousands of students, and government and private company employees in Mumbai will distribute nearly a lakh paper bags to their neighbourhood grocers and shopkeepers today. Over 1,25,000 such bags, made by thousands of citizens across India, Oman, Singapore and …
Kurukshetra: The Election Commission has banned the use of plastic and polythene for the preparation of posters and banners by parties and their nominees during the election campaign. All presidents and secretaries of recognised parties have been directed to follow the directions strictly. Stating this here today, district election officer-cum-Deputy …
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh today cleared a proposal to start a pilot project adopting at least 11 road projects in the state, where waste plastic bags will be used in the construction of roads. The state
Thousands of families in the Southern province depending on the coir industry have lost their livelihood due to the shortage of coconut husks. They said the fragmentation of coconut estates as housing blocks and tsunami sites has resulted in this state of affairs and that the devastation caused by the …
While noting that the ultimate solution to the environmental damage caused by non-biodegradable plastic bags is to introduce bags made of biodegradable materials, Sindh Minister for Environment and Alternative Energy Askari Taqvi said on Thursday that a
Moti Jheel, which used to be a pride of Lucknow, seems to have lost its natural glory. The waterbody has been gobbled up by land grabbers, thanks to the ignorance on the part of Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC). Presently, the lake houses several snacks and plastic factories, godown apart from …
Quiet flows the Tawi, ignored and much abused by city residents. Untouched by the humdrum of the 15th Lok Sabha elections, the river, where folklore says goats and tigers drank water together from it, is one of the most polluted water bodies now. It is taking industrial effluents, sewerage discharge, …
Taking a step forward in rooting out polythene from the Kashmir valley, Green Dream, a group of young professionals and students, visited the Jamia Masjid area and appealed to traders there to avoid polythene in their daily operations. Green Dream members Khurram Wani, Kaunsar Bhat, Mehboob Jeelani and others asked …
We all use plastic bags because we find them durable, multi-purpose and cost-effective. However, most of us are not aware of the perils of indiscriminate use of plastic. Just think of how many plastic bags you have used and thrown in the last one year. It is estimated that all …
The amount of litter dumped on beaches across Britain has more than doubled in the last 15 years to its highest ever level, endangering the health of wildlife and humans, according to a survey on Wednesday. The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) said its beachwatch 2008 annual survey had found an …
The government launched a campaign on Tuesday to get the public to reuse carrier bags, saying each shopper got through 13,000 bags in a lifetime. "We simply can't continue using the billions of new plastic bags we do each year, it's such a huge waste and a visible symbol of …
New Delhi: With a ban on plastic bags enforced in the Capital, the largest ever project to utilise plastic is underway. The Public Works Department, with the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), is working on a project to lay roads made from a plastic-inclusive hot mix. And helping them in …
A polythene stratum measuring about ten feet in thickness is said to be embedded under a certain stretch of the Buriganga. The river remains terribly polluted from domestic and industrial wastes disgorging into it, anyway. The polythene comes as an aggravating factor, especially given the shallowness of the river. The …
The provincial environment department has proposed an amendment to the Prohibition of Manufacture, Sale and Use of Polythene Bags Ordinance, 2006, to ban the bags altogether irrespective of their thickness, the Sindh High Court was informed on Tuesday. Assistant Advocate-General Adnan Karim Memon said on behalf of the department and …
Ocean currents work magic when they help ships navigate from one place to the other or bring rain. However, together with the Horse latitudes, they also have created a new continent as big as Africa and still expanding, which may never support life because it is plain garbage, dubbed the …
New Delhi: Seen for long as an unattractive and coarse raw material fit primarily for gunny bags, jute is enjoying its days under the sun like never before, more so after the Delhi Government imposed a ban on plastic carry bags. With poly-bags out as competition in a potentially vast …
