Good beginning
The Bangalore City Corporation's (BCC) ambitious garbage segregation programme that started is a welcome plastic bags to collect recyclable dry waste from households in Malleswaram. The aim is to
The Bangalore City Corporation's (BCC) ambitious garbage segregation programme that started is a welcome plastic bags to collect recyclable dry waste from households in Malleswaram. The aim is to
A team of experts from Jadavpur University, West Bengal is working on a device to recycle plastic bags in a bid to check the environmental pollution caused by them. The Centre for Quality Management
The manufacture and sale of plastic bags less than 8 inches by 12 inches in size has been banned across the country. Bigger carrybags more than 20 microns thick may still be used. After dithering for
Dry rations, milk foods, biscuits, plastic basins and jugs, school books etc. were recently distributed among 2,600 families in the Matara district (Sri Laka). This was done on the basis of priority
The West Bengal Pollution Control Board has embarked on a special drive against the use of plastic in the marketplace. Though the use of polybags was banned on January 1, 2000, most of the shopowners
The crackdown against polluting plastic bags is expected to intensify here after the Union Ministry tightened the law with an amendment, banning bags less than 8x12 inches big and 20 microns thick.
Australia's Cooperative Research Centre has developed a high starch containing Bio Plastic blend that is nearing commercialization with a new company, Plantic Technologies, Ltd. Penford, a U.S. and
A drive has been launched to make a 400 year old church plastic bag free by involving school children and authorities. The church, built by the Portuguese, is frequented by tourists and picnickers
Four foetus were found abandoned in Vasundhra, Ghaziabad. According to the police, two boys playing near a garbage dump found them wrapped in plastic bags. The foetus have been sent to the laboratory
The thin plastic carry bags can be seen everywhere. They are light, fluffy, and they fly around with the breeze, littering the landscape. They can be found all along railway tracks in the
Speaker Vakkom Purushotham declared a ban on plastic in the Assembly. The announcement came immediately after Kerala Chief Minister A K Antony made a suggestion that "before asking the people to
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has decided to ban use of all plastic carrybags in the city and are only waiting for a go ahead from the state pollution control board on the
The West Bengal State Pollution Control Board has summoned the authorities of the United Bank of India, many of whose city branches are reportedly using plastic pouches to pack currency notes, in
Vendors selling tea of coffee have been using plastic cups in the hundreds in the past but now they have reached thousands because of the price reduction. Both the volume and disposal of the new
The West Bengal government proposed to ban plastic products in the three hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling, Kalingpong and Kurseoung, according to the State Urban Development Minister, Mr Ashok
Plastic industry leaders (Bangladesh) regreted the restriction on use of polythene for consumer packs and demanded that the thickness of poly-bags for consumer goods be fixed rationally for the sake
Speaker Vakkom Purushothaman declared a ban on plastic in the Assembly. The announcement came immediately after Chief Minister A K Antony made a suggestion that 'before asking the people to
Environment ministers in Australia have backed away from their threats of a plastic bag levy and watered down targets for supermarkets to reduce bag use. The decision sparked anger from
Use of all types of polythene carry bags and re-cycled plastic containers has been banned in Himachal with immediate effect. The notification issued under the recycled manufacture and usage rules in
The Jammu and Kashmir government banning polythene bags in the state. It has instead decided to regulate their manufacture, storage and trade. However, that plastics with less than 25 microns thick