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Most Americans carry detectable amounts of plastics, pesticides and heavy metals in their blood and urine, a government survey has shown for the first time. Nearly all of the 27 chemicals in the
Most Americans carry detectable amounts of plastics, pesticides and heavy metals in their blood and urine, a government survey has shown for the first time. Nearly all of the 27 chemicals in the
The Madras High Court has stayed the operation of a notice issued by the Cantonment Executive Officer, St.Thomas Mount-Pallavaram Cantonment Board, banning the use of plastic products like bags and
Bowing to public pressure, Meghalaya Government yesterday introduced a bill in the State Assembly seeking to ban the manufacture, sale, use and throwing of 'low density' plastic bags in public
Climbers from Japan, Nepal and South Korea carrying 200 empty plastic bags will climb the northern slopes of Mount Everest to pick up garbage dumped by previous expeditions, the leader of the team
The 300 students at the Tolani Maritime Institute (TMI) have a passion for paper, and it's no plastic emotion. They have decided to keep their green 80-acre campus, on the Talegaon-Chakan road, free
El Shaddai Homes for Children conducted an environmental friendly "Plastic Free" project recently at Baga beach and Calangute beach, in Goa. Each and every member of El Shaddai participated in the
Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh today announced that the State government has decided in principle, to put a permanent ban on the use of plastic bags in the State, with an aim to provide
A new technology developed by a team of entrepreneurs to use waste plastic for construction of roads has caught the Government's attention, which is contemplating to utilise this innovative method
Traders on Avenue Road were taken by surprise on Monday morning, when members of subcommittee for 'Safe Management of Plastic Disposal in Bangalore City' (SMPDBC) made a surprise visit to their shops
A tropical grass called miscanthus, similar in appearance to bamboo, may soon be lending its strength to biodegradable plastics used in car parts, says University of Warwick materials professor Nick
The ' Zero garbage scheme' was launched today at Radha Nagar, Chromepet, with the distribution of dustbins to around 25 residents. Two types of dustbins, one for perishables and another for plastic
A tropical grass called miscanthus, similar in appearance to bamboo, may soon be lending its strength to biodegradable plastics used in car parts, says University of Warwick materials professor Nick
Researchers at International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) have punched holes about 6,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair in a piece of plastic, creating a novel form of data storage.
The supermarket chain, Co-op, has launched Britain's first 100% biodegradable plastic carrier bag in an effort to reduce landfill waste. The new carrier bag starts to degrade after 18 months, but
It was hailed as an environment-friendly move by the Delhi sarkar. Beyond this self congratulatory veneer, however, the ban on plastic bags is just one for the record books. Or so it would seem. A
Japan will start examining regulations on plastic toys and other products made of vinyl chloride, from which suspected endocrine disrupters leech out. Japan's health, labour and welfare ministries
The Delhi Government has decided to set up a "patrol force" to ensure that the 70,000 odd families living along the banks of the Yamuna do not throw plastic bags, garbage and filth into the Capital's
The plastic menace in the pristinely beautiful Andaman & Nicobar islands caused so much concern that WWF-India together with the NCC decided to do something about it. On the World environment day,
Agriculture officials in Thailand, the world's top producer and exporter of rubber, have come up with a way to stop rain disrupting rubber tapping - by using a raincoat for rubber trees. A plastic
The Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry has appealed to the Madurai Corporation not to go ahead with its proposal to clamp a blanket ban on sale and use of 'one time use' plastic materials in