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, …
Thiruvananthapuram: A meeting convened by district collector K Vasuki has decided to implement green protocol in collectorate and to make it free of e-waste. The decision was taken in the meeting of all department heads convened as part of the zero waste programme. “As a first step, a list of …
United Nations environment chief Erik Solheim has said spouting "doom and gloom" while talking about climate change will not work and stressed that there was a need to present it in a "simpler" language that explains to people what it really means for them in their daily lives. He also …
Widespread use of flex hoardings by candidates and political parties during election campaigns in the run-up to the MC elections has left the city in mess. Flex boards have not only defaced the city, but also created environmental hazard as these are made from non-biogradable material, including the PVC. Almost …
Ramdas Kadam had announced the plan to impose plastic ban two months ago. Mumbai: Plastic manufacturers, dealers, workers will agitate against the ban on Friday at Azad Maidan. National President of manufacturers association Hiten Bheda told The Asian age that, “Central government has not banned the plastic, so it’s not …
India will host the official global World Environment Day celebrations on June 5. The theme will be ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’. But MPs also seem interested in the many uses of plastic — from parks to notes to roads. India will host the World Environment Day celebrations on June 5, Environment …
The range of penalties and other measures will be finalised after the state cabinet meeting. Mumbai: Shops in the state found violating the plastic ban, will have to pay a minimum penalty of Rs 5,000 for the first time and Rs10,000 for the second offence, as per sources in the …
NEW DELHI: India will be the global host of of this year’s World Environment Day on June 5. ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’ will be the theme of this year’s event which would drive world-wide efforts to discourage use of hazardous plastic. The World Environment Day (WED) 2018 will be celebrated across …
State to issue draft notification on restrictions within a fortnight Shops, malls and other commercial establishments will have to comply with the State’s proposed ban on plastic bags and thermocol goods if they want the local civic bodies to renew or issue licences. The draft notification for the ban will …
India is set to be this year’s global host for World Environment Day on 5 June, with ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’ as the theme, Union environment minister Harsh Vardhan and United Nations under-secretary-general and head of UN Environment Erik Solheim, jointly announced here on Monday. Harsh Vardhan said for India, World …
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered the shutdown of a plastic processing factory at Asutuare in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region accused of severe air pollution. A senior high school in the area has been closed down due to the pollution from the Shinefeel Ghana …
The district administration today reiterated prohibition on the use of plastic carry bags. The ban order hasn’t brought desired results. As the plastic and polythene carry bags are widely used in markets despite its negative impact on environment and clogging sewerage lines are known. The lawmakers of the state made …
Even two years after the ban on the use of plastic bags was notified to all municipal corporations and councils in the state in February 2016, these bags continue to be in use in the city without any hindrance. People in the city can be seen carrying utilities and things …
HYDERABAD: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) might have announced a war against the use of plastic bags, but the rampant use of polythene bags at the ongoing 78th All India Industrial Exhibition, popularly known as Numaish, in Nampally tells an entirely different story. At the annual trade fair, which …
Scientists have found that plastic trash - ubiquitous throughout the world's oceans - massively increases the chance of disease in corals. "We examined more than 120,000 corals, both plastic-free and with plastic present, on 159 reefs from Indonesia, Australia, Myanmar and Thailand," said Joleah Lamb, from the Cornell University in …
Plastic waste can promote microbial colonization by pathogens implicated in outbreaks of disease in the ocean. We assessed the influence of plastic waste on disease risk in 124,000 reef-building corals from 159 reefs in the Asia-Pacific region. The likelihood of disease increases from 4% to 89% when corals are in …
Waking up to the environmental degradation, Jammu and Kashmir government has launched a massive drive to implement the ban on the sale and use of polythene bags in the last ditch effort to make the valley plastic free. This follows the Jammu and Kashmir High Court order banning the use …
The state environment department’s public notice asks district collectors and all the local bodies in the state to create awareness about it and to ensure wider participation of people and non-governmental organisations in its implementation. The state environment department proposes to ban production, use, storage, distribution and sale of plastic …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In the wake of Ockhi cyclone, plastic debris mounted in the sea bed and shores. It prompted members from the fishermen community and civil society organisation `Friends of the Marine Life' with its team to launch the marine debris clean-up program in coastal villages of Kerala beginning with the …
More Than 500 Kgs Seized In Anantnag, Handwara Jammu & Kashmir Police in its drive against use of polythene seized more than 500 kilograms of polythene in Anantnag and Handwara. “In Anantnag the drive was launched in the jurisdiction of all the Police Stations of the district headed by their …
UDAIPUR: In their continuous efforts to keep Dungarpur clean and green, the municipal council has banned the use of plastic and paper cups at tea stalls and selling of gutkha pouches at paan cabins and general stores in the city area. The council chairman KK Gupta held a meeting with …
