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, …
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - As the rubbish built up on the rubble of Mogadishu’s wrecked streets, Ahmed Abdullah saw a business opportunity. He recruited a team of workers - many of them refugees from Somalia’s long conflict - and sent them out to collect plastic bags, bottles and wrappers to turn …
KOCHI: Corporation has announced that they would collect only segregated waste from April 1. Corporation authorities have also decided to strictly enforce ban on plastic carry bags below 50 microns. "Though local body had banned sale of plastic carry bags in 2016, it failed to implement it," said LDF councillor …
Airport officials said as part of AAIs eco-friendly policy, these airports also plan to install plastic bottle crushing machines and place dustbins at prominent places. The Srinagar International Airport is among 20 airports declared plastic-free by the Airports Authority of India. The other airports include Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Pune, Goa, Lucknow, …
Revolv, a new container rental service, is launching in Singapore and could help cut single-use plastic from food and drink takeaways, the fastest growing source of plastic waste in the convenience-minded city-state. A new service is launching in Singapore that enables consumers to rent rather than buy containers for food …
Traders threaten to go on agitation Emulating the example set by Tamil Nadu, the Puducherry government on Sunday announced a total ban on manufacture, sale and storage of single-use plastics in the Union Territory. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet chaired by Chief …
Office-bearers and activists of various organisations launched a coordinated movement against degradation of environment due to irrational use of plastics. Ahmedgarh SDM Dr Poonam Preet Kaur inaugurated the event by distributing reusable biodegradable carry bags among teachers and students of MGMN Senior Secondary School, which was declared to be a …
NEW DELHI: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has banned use of single-use plastic items at 16 of its airports across the country. This means air travellers will not get any single-use plastic items like straws, plastic cutlery and plastic plates etc at passenger terminals and city side. The 16 …
Chennai: Seven months ago, when the Edappadi K Palaniswami-led AIADMK government announced the decision to ban sale and use of ‘use & throw’ plastics from January 2019 not many gave it a serious consideration, given the past failures of such a move. How on earth was the Palaniswami government, considered …
The government introduced amendments to the law banning plastic bags. Moroccan consumption of the raw material used in manufacturing plastic bags dropped by 50 percent since 2015. Rabat – The Government Council adopted Bill 57.18 amending and modifying Law 77.15 on the ban of plastic bags on Thursday. Law 77.15 …
Civic body officials seizing plastic coated items from a restaurant in North Zone in the city on Wednesday, as part of the exercise to collect banned plastic goods. On Day Two of the State Government’s ban on storage, sale and use of single-use plastic items, the Coimbatore Corporation officials seize …
Trichy:The plastic ban enforced by the state government from Tuesday has led to a cacophony among traders and public alike as there is no clarity about its enforcement so far. As the stakeholder departments are clueless about implementing the ban, area-specific monitoring committees were asked to keep a watch on …
A new report on how to eliminate plastic waste from the environment by a UK think tank has been informed by a diverse portfolio of UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) research and innovation experts. The report proposes a way forward to reduce the amount of plastic waste into the environment …
Year 2019 is upon us. And tomorrow onwards, there will be a complete ban on single-use disposable plastic across Tamil Nadu. While this initiative may be just making inroads into some parts of the state, the Queen of Hill Stations, Ooty has been showing us the way by saying ‘no’ …
Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) mayor Chander Mohan Gupta said in its first endeavour to make Jammu a smart city, the civic body would be launching a strong polythene-free drive next year. “In 2019, my first initiative will be to take up a holistic drive against polythene for which a comprehensive …
Asks government to reconsider items exempted from banned list; dismisses writ plea by plastics manufacturers seeking stay on ban Foiling the last-ditch attempts made by an association of entrepreneurs to obtain a stay on the State government’s move to ban manufacture, sale, as well as use of certain ‘use-and-throw’ plastic …
CHENNAI: “Strict action would be taken against all industries manufacturing banned plastic items after the deadline of December 31, 2018”, said environement minister K C Karuppannan . He was taking part in the regional conference on awareness for plastic free Tamil Nadu that was held for various stake holders in …
JERUSALEM: Scientists have developed biodegradable plastics derived from microorganisms that feed on seaweed which produces zero toxic waste and can be recycled into organic waste. According to the United Nations, plastic accounts for up to 90 per cent of all the pollutants in our oceans, yet there are few comparable, …
Will give time to stakeholders to switch over to biodegradable products: Secy Environment In the face of growing environmental degradation and rising pollution levels, the state government is mulling to ban single-use plastics to protect the environment in Jammu and Kashmir. Reliable sources informed Greater Kashmir that the state government …
NEW DELHI: Residents have alleged that industries in Mundka continue to burn plastic, leather and motor engine oil despite a ban, even as illegal units continue to thrive on agricultural land. The waste-burning allegation was confirmed during TOI’s visit to the area. At one point from Mundka to Bakkarwalla, thick …
Nairobi — Kisumu Governor Anyang' Nyong'o has proposed the extension of the ban on single-use plastic to plastic bottles to mitigate the influx of plastic waste in water bodies. While making his contribution at a climate change event on the margins of the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference on Tuesday, Nyong'o …
