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, …
For months, a major recycling facility for the greater Baltimore-Washington area has been facing a big problem: it has to pay to get rid of huge amounts of paper and plastic it would normally sell to China. Beijing is no longer buying, claiming the recycled materials are "contaminated." For sure, …
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced a ban on the use of plastic in the state from October 2, on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. In the first phase, plastic will be banned in six places — the pilgrim city of Puri, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur, Sambalpur and …
SHIMLA: The local traders have welcomed the Himachal Pradesh government's recent notification of banning the use and sale of thermocol cutlery across the state. To save the environment from degradation, governor, Acharya Devvrat, on Saturday banned the use of thermocol cutlery, including cups, plates, glasses and spoons or any other …
Urges other ministries to follow suit The Secretary for Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) CK Mishra was taken aback to find several 250-ml plastic mineral water bottles on delegate tables during a meeting. Mishra picked up one bottle and said the use of small plastic bottles should …
The campaign for reusable straws can look at this innovation from the Andamans If things go according to plan, you could be sipping your drink using a bamboo straw by next year. A scientist from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, has come out …
MUMBAI: To ensure recycling of plastics that are not banned, Maharashtra government is set to implement a buyback scheme for PET bottles and milk pouches starting Wednesday. While 18 other states have banned plastics in one form or the other, Maharashtra is the first in India to implement a buyback …
CHENNAI: After announcing ban on “use and throwaway plastics” with effect from January 1, 2019, the Tamil Nadu government recently issued orders exempting a number of items such as plastic bags that constitute or form an integral part of packaging in which goods are sealed prior to use at manufacturing/processing …
It applies to plastic cups, plates, spoons and straws also The Thoothukudi Corporation has announced a ban on single-use plastic from August 15. The ban applies to plastic cups, plates, spoons and straws as well. The move comes after Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami announced in the Assembly that all …
Throwing a gauntlet at officials and asking them to take UP cities in the bracket of top 100 clean cities of India, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the target could be achieved only if officials worked unitedly showing a sense of camaraderie. “There is a big challenge for the …
Stop jargon on plastic thickness, green brigade wants blanket ban HYDERABAD: Use of all plastic bags — below or above 50 microns in thickness — is harmful for the environment, cautioned members of the city’s green brigade, on the eve of International Plastic Bag Free Day observed on July 3. …
A group in Seychelles, the Island Conservation Society (ICS), has raised concerns over waste being collected on the nation’s outer islands after a recent beach cleanup activity on the remote St. Francois Island. “This is very alarming and is posing a real threat to the oceans and islands of Seychelles,” …
Maharashtra government has proposed, in case of multi-layered packaging, using single-layer plastic with other layers under its ambit. WHILE A state government-appointed committee has accepted the proposal recommending that plastic packaging by retailers be allowed with certain riders, norms for industrial-level packaging have been tightened. Industrial manufacturers have been asked …
Himachal Pradesh government will soon study the vulnerability of all villages of the state towards climate change after which adaptation projects would be carried out. Informing about the development during a workshop in Dharamshala, Special Secretary cum Director, Environment Science and Technology department D C Rana said while the area …
Expressing concern over the threats posed by global climate change, the president of Seychelles, Danny Faure spoke on the role of the global community in tackling this challenge. He said this while addressing faculty and Indian Forest Service probationers at the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA) here on Wednesday. …
Plastic drinking straws are just one example of some of the pointless plastic products that have proved to be a curse for the environment, United Nations Environment head Erik Solheim has said. “We also have pointless packaging, pointless plastic bags and huge quantities of other products that are used for …
PATNA: The Patna high court on Wednesday summoned the Gaya DM in connection with the pollution in the ‘Lotus’ pond located inside the revered Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya. The summons was issued by a division bench of Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice S Kumar who took suo motu cognizance …
Coimbatore: The directorate of the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Chennai, has sent a communication to the programme coordinators and chief educational officers of districts across the state to stop the usage of one-time use and throw plastics in educational offices and schools. The communication dated June 25 cited chief …
HYDERABAD: Industrialist Kiran Mazumdar Shaw has called for a universal ban on single-use plastic to rid the communities of the "malaise". But industry body ASSOCHAM said there must be a road map for phasing out plastic goods, and a healthier and environmentally-friendly alternative found and promoted. "For instance, jute, textiles …
Panaji: ‘Gandhigiri’ should be used to impose the plastic ban in Goa, vice-chairman of the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG), Rajendra Talak, said. He was speaking on the sidelines of the announcement of the Goa Environmental Film Festival 2018, on Monday. “The government can impose rules on plastic ban, but …
Bareilly: Having found little information on environment-related issues in the syllabus of schoolchildren, district magistrate Virendra Kumar Singh has decided to draft an educational booklet to address the grave issue. DM said with the commencing of classes in July, booklets would be distributed among children of all government and private …
