Plastic overshoot day report 2024
Plastic Overshoot Day marks the point when the amount of plastic waste generated exceeds the world’s capacity to manage it, resulting in environmental pollution. In 2024, the global Plastic Overshoot Day
Plastic Overshoot Day marks the point when the amount of plastic waste generated exceeds the world’s capacity to manage it, resulting in environmental pollution. In 2024, the global Plastic Overshoot Day
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Government has banned use of polythene bags made of virgin or recycled plastic with a thickness of less than 40 microns and size less than 12 x 18 inches, State Forests Minister Ajay Singh Yadav announced on Wednesday. He disclosed that earlier the thickness and size of banned plastic bags was less than 30 microns and 8 x 12 inches respectively.
Carbon emissions from industry are dominated by production of goods in steel, cement, plastic, paper, and aluminum. Demand for these materials is anticipated to double at least by 2050, by which time global carbon emissions must be reduced by at least 50%.
Mumbai Even as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation mulls raising the permissible thickness of plastic bags in the market from 50 to 70 microns, several major markets in the city are adding momentum to the no-plastic drive by replacing plastic bags with environmentally friendly options.
A recent research that is sure to spoil the party of those consuming country-made liquor in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh has shown that some toxic components in PET bottles migrate to the beverages stored in them, a fact that could even lead to cancer.
S. Annamalai MADURAI: Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) plans to extend the use of waste plastic in cement processing to more districts in February. At present, the
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New Delhi: Finding the plastic industry association
The Supreme Court on Friday showed reluctance in entertaining a claim to relax the ban on use of plastic bags by the Delhi government.
Mumbai Manufacturers of plastic below 50 microns will face instant arrest and citizens carrying the thin polythene will be fined up to Rs 100, under a new set of restrictions proposed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
Mumbai: The ban on polythene bags may get extended beyond 50 microns. The civic administration, which was recently asked by the government to formulate a draft suggesting revisions to the existing ban, is likely to recommend the inclusion of plastic bags made up of polythene thicker than 50 microns in the ban