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, …
Plastic pollution threatens to wipe 7.4 per cent off the value of Sydney homes in areas where litter is apparent, a new report shows. The report, released by Boomerang Alliance, found that if just 5 per cent of 1.6 million homes in Sydney neighbourhoods are adversely affected by litter, the …
NAGPUR: Not very far from its origin, only the traces of Nag River's catchment area can be seen, now that the entire river bed has been covered to build houses. The sparse water that exists there is coal black, decked with non recyclable plastic and polythene. Volunteers of city NGOs …
The need for all citizens to get involved in the movement to make Madurai clean and green was highlighted by several speakers at a rally organised by the Madurai chapter of Confederation of Indian Industry, Young Indians and Rotary International District 3000 to create awareness against use of plastic here …
MADURAI: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Wednesday passed an order imposing a ban on use of plastic bags below 40 microns in Courtallam falls situated in the Courtallam town panchayat and Ayiraperi village panchayat. It also declined to revoke the ban on oil bathing in the …
Eight months after the State government issued orders prohibiting the use of many kinds of plastic, including bags to protect environment, banned plastic material continue to rule the normal life, at least in Dakshina Kannada and Mangaluru. Except retail chains such as Big Bazaar, More, Spar, and some others, every …
KOCHI: At a time when the ‘Swachh bharat abhiyan’ programme is busy igniting minds about keeping one’s locality clean, the Nithya Sahaya Matha Church, Cheranalloor, had long since taken up the initiative to dispose off plastic waste in effective ways. In what appears to be a collective mission undertaken by …
Arusha — The bill to control polythene materials within East African Community (EAC) member states - Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi - which was floated during the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) sessions of Arusha last August, resumes this week. Apparently, after the recent sessions in Zanzibar, the Arusha-based …
Only a third of plastic packaging used in consumer products is recycled each year, with almost two-thirds sent to landfill or incinerated, according to new research. Of the 1.5m tonnes of recyclable plastic waste used by consumers in Britain in 2015 only 500,000 tonnes was recycled, according to the figures …
The Kochi Corporation is clamping down on the plastic bags below 50 microns in shops. Soon, one will have to bring one's own bag to carry one's groceries or pay for every bag. The Corporation is also mulling over a proposal to fix a ` 10 price for every bag, …
The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) members are headed for a major showdown as Rwanda pushes on with its bid for a total ban on use of polythene bags in the region. The EAC Polythene Materials Control Bill, 2016 moved by Rwanda's Patricia Hajabakiga tops the agenda of EALA's two-week …
COIMBATORE: In a move to promote more retail establishments to take up the 'say no to plastic bags' campaign, the Coimbatore Corporation on Thursday recognised shopkeepers and businessmen who use cloth and paper bags to pack their goods. This was one of the attempts to spread word about the need …
MADURAI: The four important streets around the Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple will be made plastic free soon and an awareness campaign to stress the same was started near the temple on Friday. Corporation commissioner, Sandeep Nanduri, launched the campaign in which school students participated. Collector K Veera Raghava Rao, who …
KOLKATA: Though a National Green Tribunal (NGT) glare on Rabindra Sarobar lake saved the waterbody from being polluted deeply, rules set by the green body were grossly flouted on the occasions of performing Chhat puja on Sunday evening and Monday morning. From allowing plastic materials to bursting of crackers, the …
Muhamma grama panchayat to implement scheme through schools in November Muhamma grama panchayat in Alappuzha is all set to launch a novel project to make environment-friendly cloth bags in a bid to discard plastic carrybags. The panchayat is planning to collect old clothes from people and return bags made out …
New Delhi: Delhi government's environment minister Imran Hussain on Wednesday reviewed preparations of various land owning agencies against burning of garbage, dry leaves, plastic. He also assessed the dust control measures at various construction sites to check air pollution. The meeting was attended by senior officials of the environment and …
An outfit representing PET container manufacturers today moved the National Green Tribunal against an NGO's plea for a ban on use of PET pacakaging, alleging that it was motivated by interests of the glass industry and not environmental concerns. The NGO had sought the ban saying such packaging leached harmful …
ROURKELA: TWO years after the Swachh Bharat campaign was launched and leaders vowed to rid the cities of all kinds of waste, the Steel City is sitting on plastic bomb. A substantial amount of harmful plastic waste daily finds its way to low-lying areas and city roads, clogging drains and …
TRICHY: Whenever this 23-year-old youth said he would give anything to save the environment, nobody ever thought he would sacrifice his life for the cause. That's what K Jawahar did when he jumped into a canal in Thanjavur on Monday. The cause of his suicide came to light only after …
MoS Culture and Tourism Mahesh Sharma said the ministry has sanctioned Rs 350 crore to construct protected boundaries and disabled-friendly access at all ASI monuments In a step towards ensuring cleanliness of tourist spots, the Tourism Ministry has declared all ASI-protected monuments and archaeological sites as ‘polythene-free zones’. Addressing a …
The brand owners of the units manufacturing gutka, tobacco and pan masala shall have the overall responsibility for implementation of these directions. Cracking down on 20 top gutka and pan masala companies for non-compliance of Supreme Court orders and Plastic Waste Management Rules, (PWM) 2016, the environment ministry has issued …
