NGOs differ on asbestos safety
An Indian NGO has claimed that new evidence shows that asbestos, long considered a dangerous substance, is less harmful than it substitutes like plastics and metals. The NGO, Nature One, whose claims
An Indian NGO has claimed that new evidence shows that asbestos, long considered a dangerous substance, is less harmful than it substitutes like plastics and metals. The NGO, Nature One, whose claims
Independence Day will come with a difference to Goa this time. The State administration plans to liberate the Goan populace from using the hazardous recycled plastic bags from 15 August,
The Delhi Assembly's Select Committee today finalised the draft of the Delhi Plastic Bag and Non-biodegradable Garbage(Control) Bill, 2000.The Bill, to be introduced in the coming Assembly session,
The Plastic Bag (manufacture , sale and usage) and Non-biodegradable Garbage (control) Bill 2000, might just see the light of day in the forthcoming monsoon session of the Delhi Legislative Assembly.
The Delhi Plastic and Non-Biodegradable Garbage(control) Bill will be reintroduced during the coming Monsoon session of the Delhi assembly with a few amendments, health minister A.K. Walia said on
The Goa government will amend its Non-Biodegradable Garbage Control Act this month to impose a cess on industries using plastic packaging material, including mineral water bottles. In another
A workshop on plastics and environment organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry(Ficci) stressed the need for setting up a national body for collecting, recycling and
Children in Hardwar are playing a unique role in the conservation of ecology. The child-brigade in fact, is also helping the administration in its anti-plastic campaign. Attempts are being made,
Asahi Glass Co. of Japan has developed a plastic fiber, which promises low-cost networks that can carry enough data to transmit motion pictures in real time. High transmission speed and easy
Hong Kong trashes one million of them every day. The mainland with almost 200 times the number of people, uses 10 billion daily. Plastic-foam food containers, that is. Those ubiquitous bowls and
There is a ray of hope for the Capital's green activists. Business establishments have come out to support the "No Plastic campaign" which the New Delhi Municipal Council will begin on 2 April.
Traders in Delhi are ready to say no to polybags but they want the backing of the law. The 'no plastic' campaign is to begin on 2 April this year. Trade organisations and market associations who are
In a bid to encourage public participation in weeding out plastic bags from its area, the NDMC has decided to launch a year-long movement from April 2. Summing up a discussion with residents and
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has anounced that the city would have been freed of plastic by the end of year 2000. Talking to the reporters at the release of strategy paper on cleaning city, the
The plastic and biological wastes left behind by devotees after the Sabarimala pilgrimage are taking their toll on the animals in Periyar Tiger Reserve in Kochi. A 40-year old female elephant became
The government is planning to set up a panel to study the scope of aluminium use in the manufacture of automobiles. In India, bus and truck bodies are mostly made out of steel, wood or plastic.
Plastic made from plants is to go into full-scale production for the first time, two US companies announced. Dow Chemical and Cargill, will jointly spend $300m over the next two years to
A bill to ban the use of plastic polybags in the city will be introduced and passed by the Delhi Legislative Assembly during its three-day Winter Session starting on Wednesday, Congress parliamentary
Paper bags are double the cost of plastic ones. We can'g offord them," goes the oft-repeated plea of most shopkeepers. This is because as compared to thoudands of polybag manufacturing units, there
The Union Environment Ministry notification on the polythene bags would not necessarily see the plastic monster's exit from the city. "The Union Government notification does not mean shelving of the