PCB punishes plastic use
The West Bengal Pollution Control Board has fined over a dozen shops in south Kolkata for using plastic carry bags below 10 microns, a senior official said. A PCB official said that the errant shop
The West Bengal Pollution Control Board has fined over a dozen shops in south Kolkata for using plastic carry bags below 10 microns, a senior official said. A PCB official said that the errant shop
In a major eco-friendly step, a ban on plastic articles of upto 30 microns came into force in Kerala. Under the ban, the local administration and revenue authorities can take action against those
After failing to implement the first ban order on the plastic carry bags Tripura government is now all set to issue a fresh notification with more stringent measures including penal provisions. The
The Tripura Government has banned the use of plastic carry bags of 20-micron thickness and 20x30 cm size and warned stern action against those using these bags. The State Science, Technology and
The World Health Organisation and a group of major multinational companies have begun production in Africa of a new kind of insect-repellent plastic that disease experts said could have a major
The National Cleaner Production Centre, a UNIDO Project of the Ministry of Enterprise Development in collaboration with the Plastics Sector Taskforce set up by the ministry has launched a pilot
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands face a potential ecological disaster because of the indiscriminate dumping of plastic and other wastes by ships plying in the Bay of Bengal and the improper handling
As part of the Government efforts to arrest the inflow of plastic carrybags below 30-micron thickness from nearby states, intensive checking of vehicles would be introduced at check posts across
The Burdwan municipality of West Bengal has decided to ban plastic and polythene bags, tentatively from next month, to keep the town free from pollution. It will also impose spot fines on offenders
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Organic magnets could soon be used for magnetic coatings and data storage systems
environmentalists have warned that Nepal's Phewa lake could disappear within 20 years time if mindless pollution of its waters and unplanned tilling of the land around it continue. The lake,
Fruits stay fresh for longer durations in tin cans compared to plastic packaging in hot conditions, says William Porter, food chemist at the Army Soldier Systems Command in Natick, Massachusetts,
Biosensor, a new technique of chemical analysis, can test water quality, food safety, and much more in no time with remarkable accuracy
Sound can be amplified using the power of wind
A recently developed device will keep toxic gases away while driving
residents of Tokorozawa near Tokyo are alarmed at a recent finding which says that the death rate for infants in towns located near incinerators is 40 per cent to 70 per cent higher than the average
Biotech, a Thiruvananthapuram-based institution, which is engaged in bio-waste management and non-conventional energy generation programmes, has acquired an innovative technology for generating diesel from plastic waste. The technology developed in Austria is being promoted in India by the TVS Group.
Rs.2 lakh each for Tirunelveli and Tuticorin Corporations allotted MESSAGE: An awareness programme on solid waste management in progress at Palayamkottai on Monday. TIRUNELVELI: An awareness campaign on solid waste management and segregation of plastic waste at source was inaugurated at Palayamkottai on Monday.
K.T. Sangameswaran CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has pulled up the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board for its failure to strictly implement the Central rules with regard to the sale and use of plastic materials.