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
Mumbai: No haggling over thickness now. Mumbai is preparing to pack off polythene bags, lock, stock and barrel. Into a frustrating battle against the polythene bag menace for long, environmentalists now have an endorsement for their cause from the mayor's office. If everything follows the script and good intention manifests in action, the city may well be carrying the good old cotton bags soon.
The much-publicised
The main garbage dump of the city at Darni ka Bagicha went ablaze mysteriously, a day before Chief Minister PK Dhumal was to launch a campaign to remove plastic waste.
PRASHANT PANDEY The campaign against polythene bags in the capital has so far largely been a Delhi government initiative. Now, the MCD has shown interest in taking up the campaign in a proactive way. It hopes to use the massive jurisdictional advantage it has, as it covers more than 95 per cent of the capital, to good effect.
INCREASED use of plastic in industries such as packaging and automobiles among others can actually help reduce global carbon emission levels that is required to prevent climate change, claimed a study conducted by consultancy firm McKinsey and Oko Institute of Germany.
Shimla: Encouraged by the success of the pilot project, the state government has decided to utilise plastic waste for surfacing of roads on a large scale to help find a cost-effective and lasting solution to the problem of non-biodegradable waste disposal.
DHARMAPURI: Ban on use of plastics in Hogenakkal will come into force from December 15, said Collector P. Amutha here on Thursday.
CHENNAI: And, now technology that helps segregate plastic based on the polymer to curb wastage during recycling or filter out the bad mangoes in the bunch to ensure that only good fruit enters the market.
New Delhi: A housewives
KANDARARU Rajeevaru, who recently took over as the high priest of the Sabarimala Temple, on Friday appealed all pilgrims to avoid use of plastics to minimise environmental damage to the surrounding hills and the River Pampa.