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, …
A study by Mckensey estimates that 30-40 per cent of agricultural produce in India goes waste, which amounts to a whopping Rs. 12,000 crore annually. One only has to look at the way the entire supply chain of food production and its distribution is handled. OUR POLYMERS BUREAU Food crisis …
The jute industry has requested the Jute Commissioner's Office (JCO) to initiate stringent action against the West Bengal rice millers for packing non-levy rice in high-density polyethylene (HDPE) bags instead of the mandatory jute bags. Rice mills in the districts of Bankura and Burdwan in West Bengal have been accused …
Visiting the historic Sinhagad, one of the most favoured hangout of Puneites, will now come with a price, if you carry plastic items along. As an effort to curb the environmental pollution caused by plastic, visitors will be made to pay a penalty in the range of Rs 50 to …
Hong Kong has joined the international carbon trading structure with a promise to slash emissions, but analysts say the move will fail to produce any serious reductions in greenhouse gases. "It is a bit of an impotent gesture and is about four years too late," said Shane Spurway, head of …
The municipal corporation in Coimbatore, whose anti-plastics campaign has been de railed by a high court stay order, could learn something from an ongoing initiative across the country, at Guwahati. The two are based on different premises, if aimed at the same end, but this is an issue where any …
Nagpur: Rising petroleum prices are likely to make PET products costly. With crude on the boil, polymers the raw material for making plastic products have become dearer by over Rs 10,000 per tonne within a month. As a result there is a likelihood of plastic packaging material manufacturers passing on …
By R Haldorai WITH the Coimbatore Plastic Manufacturers and Merchants Association obtaining a stay in the High Court against the ban on the use of plastics, Coimbatore Corporation has stopped raiding shops, seizing and slapping fine on sellers and users for the past two weeks. The use of plastic carrybags …
Mohamed Imranullah S. MAOURAI: Tonnes of American garbage rotting in 35 cargo containers at the Tuticorin port for nearly three years cannot be sent back to the U.S. or to any other country without the plastic content being segregated, says its exporter Evergreen Specialities Inc. of New Jersey. In a …
Operation Godavari Clean-up programme was taken up by Puducherry minister for tourism Malladi Krishna Rao on Sunday. Mr Krishna Rao brought about 500 volunteers of the Yanam Pourula Sankshema Sangam and took up the cleaning. The programme started at 7 am and continued till 5 pm. Volunteers picked up all …
BLEAK FUTURE: Plastic products on display at a shop. Plastics have perhaps the widest possible application in day-to-day life. When international crude prices zoom and the prices of petroleum products get revised, little do people realise that dozens of other smaller and much bigger products also get affected. All of …
Bindu Shajan Perappadan NEW DELHI: This is the latest irritant plaguing the waste segregation system in the Capital. Civic agencies in the city have been advised to avoid "polluting and spilling while segregating plastic from general waste at dhalaos'. A senior waste management official said: "We noticed that while the …
biogas plants don't function well when ambient temperatures are low and hence remain out of use for greater part of the year, in the hills for example. The plants are most efficient when the temperature of slurry
In which we attempt to assess what average Indians living in big cities think about India's environment, and to gauge their levels of awareness, attitudes, perception and concerns Methodology The State of Environment in Indian Cities survey attempts to assess what average Indians living in big cities think about India's …
With the support of community participation, Environ, a city-based environmental NGO, is planning to make the recycling of plastic more productive in terms of employment generation and pollution control. Plastic waste, often occupying a considerable space in any household, and also a prime cause of flash flood in the city, …
The Eastern Assam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EACCI) has said that the ban of plastics by the district administration goes against the government policy. The body mentioned this while objecting to the prohibitory order on the manufacture, sale and use of plastic carry bags within the district. While recognizing …
If Earth survives, so shall life There are three ways of looking at World Environment Day, which is being observed today. We can be cynical about UN-mandated days and carry on with our lives without bothering to spare a thought about the state of our environment and the direction towards …
Jute bags to keep plastic at bay, help Bengal poor Green Shopper Movement Blow To Greedy Middlemen They call it a poor-topoor collaboration. Self Help Groups (SHGs) in West Bengal have joined hands with Chetanalaya, the social service arm of the Catholic Archdiocese of Delhi, to drive home an often-repeated …
Problem of recharging ground water should be taken up seriously: Governor Artificial rain water harvesting system to be adopted Plastic carry-bags be used for carpeting of the roads Haryana Governor A. R. Kidwai and Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Tuesday that problems like bio-medical waste, waste water and …
Lieutenant-Governor praises initiative of two NGOs Staff Reporter Delhi's Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna launched a green shopper campaign here on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Khanna said it was a good initiative by two non-government organisations, "Green Forum" and "Chetanalaya", which would distribute jute and cotton shopping bags in Delhi …
