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, …
PATNA: Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) has appealed to the residents to avoid burning polythene bags, plastic sacks and other non-combustible items during Holika Dahan, which is a traditional bonfire burned on the eve of Holi. BSPCB chairman Ashok Kumar Ghosh told this newspaper on Tuesday that 60 to …
‘Fishes consume the particles, which in turn reach humans’ Cyclone Ockhi which claimed more than 200 lives in Kerala and unleashed destruction of property in the coastal areas in 2017 has also led to a scourge of microplastics, a study conducted by the Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University …
While Ahmedabad was ranked as India’s sixth cleanest city in the Swachh Survekshan survey, dumping sites and landfills in and around Ahmedabad have been overflowing with garbage, most of which is nonbiodegradable. In fact, the continued usage of plastic is one area that needs immediate attention and recently, after receiving …
NEW DELHI: Noting disastrous impact of plastic waste on human health and environment, more than 170 countries have jointly pledged to “significantly reduce single-use plastic products by 2030” - a resolution for which was piloted by India at the UN Environment Assembly at Nairobi in Kenya. The five-day assembly which …
Nagpur: If you are finding it difficult to deal without disposable plates, cups, glasses and bowls after the plastic ban, city girl Poonam Dixit has something that can bring back the convenience of ‘use and throw’ disposable plates in your life. A chemical engineer, Poonam has made an eco-friendly substitute …
District Coordinators will be nodal officers The District Coordinators of the Suchitwa Mission will be the nodal officers in each district to implement green protocol during the election process. Director of the State Suchitwa Mission C.V. Joy told The Hindu on Wednesday that three other officers would also be deployed …
Retired justice Dhirendra Mishra suggested that use of plastic bags and other plastic materials should be stopped and people should be made aware of its ill effects so that they refrain from using it. The retired justice was chairing the second state-level committee meeting at new Circuit House on implementation …
A landmark UN report published on Wednesday warned the world to drastically scale up environmental protections, or cities and regions in Asia, the Middle East and Africa could see millions of premature deaths by mid-century. The most comprehensive and rigorous assessment on the state of the environment completed in the …
Plastics SA has called on the government to take steps immediately to ring-fence the plastic bag levy so it can all be used for recycling. Nearly R2bn has been raised since the supermarket plastic bag levy was introduced 15 years ago but only half of it has gone to recycling. …
NEW DELHI: In the backdrop of India’s commitment to eliminate all single-use plastic in the country by 2022, the Election Commission has asked all political parties and contesting candidates to desist from using environmentally hazardous material like plastics in banners, hoardings, cut-outs and other poll-related articles during upcoming general elections. …
Following implementation of plastic ban on June 23 across the state, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) started a drive to enforce the ban by penalising violators of the ban. However, the momentum has slowed down after a successful show last year. Visits by the BMC team and action taken by …
A marine drone called the WasteShark is busy cleaning up plastic waste off the coast of Devon in the United Kingdom, according to the Independent. The “shark,” an electric vehicle that traverses waterways, can autonomously gather up to 132 pounds of plastic waste at a time. If it’s deployed five …
The UN wants individual countries to make commitments to ‘significantly’ reduce its production Countries from around the world set their sights Monday on a pivotal deal to curb plastic waste, a source of long-term pollution and worsening contamination of the ocean’s food chain. Thousands of delegates, business leaders and campaigners …
ECI had directed to use eco-friendly campaign material during the election and there was no need for PVC flex boards and other such non-bio-degradable materials for the campaign in the state KOCHI: A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday directed the political parties not to use polyvinyl …
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) on Monday said the African continent is making progress in reducing use of single-use plastics. Habib El-Habr, coordinator of Global Program of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities at the UNEP, told Xinhua in Nairobi that the continent is …
Kenya plans to put in place incentives to promote alternative packaging materials to plastic, an official said on Monday. Geoffrey Wahungu, director general of the National Environmental Management Authority said on the sidelines of the fourth session of the UN Environment Assembly that the ban on single use plastic in …
Balloons and balloon fragments are the deadliest kinds of marine pollution for seabirds, killing almost one in five birds that ingest the soft plastic, according to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports. The research, conducted by scientists at the University of Tasmania, examined the cause of death …
The campaign is aimed towards seeking the truth about the current journey of PET bottles from rack to recycle. Business school MDI Gurgaon, in collaboration with Volunteer4India (platform for people to participate in CSR and other activities for social causes), has initiated a 45-day pilot project to strengthen the PET …
PATNA: It’s not even three months since the state government’s ban in urban areas, plastic polythene bags are back in use in the city markets by street vendors and the general storekeepers. The Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) had formed several task force squads to ensure strict implementation of the ban. …
As global concern over plastic pollution rises, corporate giants such as Coca-Cola and Unilever are pumping cash into a recycling initiative in Kenya they hope will provide a model for other developing countries. However, the voluntary scheme lacks legal backing, leaving a few companies to pick up the bill for …
