Sustainable packaging startup Bambrew raises $7 million in funding led by Blume VenturesBambrew said the funds will be used to expand into primary packaging for consumer goods, food and beverages product categories, expanding m...
29 Mar, 2024, 01.43 PM IST
8 Best-Selling Pooper Scoopers for Dogs for an Easy and Tidy Clean up (2023)Say goodbye to messy cleanup sessions with these best-selling pooper scoopers for dogs. These dog scoopers ensure hygienic waste disposal b...
15 Jun, 2023, 08.57 PM IST
Environmental group casts doubt on Amazon's claims of reducing plasticAccording to the Oceana's estimates, released Thursday, Amazon's plastic waste jumped from 599 million pounds in 2020 to 709 million pounds...
15 Dec, 2022, 12.12 PM IST
Pack it, ship it: Covid and surge of online shopping amps up an entire sectorEverything that we shopped for online needed to be packed before it is shipped. For India’s packaging sector, this has meant exponential gr...
06 Jan, 2021, 03.28 PM IST
Show cause notices for closure issued to Flipkart, Patanjali over PWM Rules, CPCB tells NGTCPCB said the show cause notice under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, has been issued to these units on October 8, for...
13 Oct, 2020, 03.18 PM IST
NGT directs CPCB to recover fine from Amazon, Flipkart for excessive plastic packagingCPCB has earlier told the NGT that e-commerce giants need to fulfil their extended producer responsibility under the Plastic Waste Manageme...
12 Sep, 2020, 12.00 PM IST
Amazon India scraps single-use plastic in packaging across centersThe Indian unit of Amazon.com Inc has eliminated all single-use plastic in its packaging across fulfillment centers in the country, in line...
29 Jun, 2020, 03.21 PM IST
NGT asks CPCB to explain coercive steps taken against Amazon, FlipkartA bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said the report filed by the apex pollution monitoring body does not mention th...
20 Jun, 2020, 05.37 PM IST
Submit fresh report on compliance of plastic rules by Amazon, Flipkart: NGT to CPCBHearing a plea filed by a 16-year-old boy to stop Amazon and Flipkart from excessive plastic use in packaging, the National Green Tribunal ...
29 Jan, 2020, 06.03 PM IST
From sustainable packaging to deliveries through EV, how Amazon India is mitigating climate changeWith climate change approaching faster than expected, the Seattle-based retail giant Amazon is trying to be on the right side of the narrat...
02 Nov, 2019, 10.05 PM IST
Commerce ministry asks e-comm firms to cut single-use plastic in packagingE-commerce companies have been asked for discarding plastic used in packaging, which accounts for more than 40 per cent of non-fibre plasti...
13 Oct, 2019, 11.41 AM IST
How plastic ban will affect businesses and consumersIndia’s plastic-processing industry has over 30,000 units and an annual turnover of Rs 2.25 lakh crore.
22 Sep, 2019, 09.27 PM IST
Ecommerce companies Flipkart, Amazon may face a repackaging challengeThe government is thinking of ways to make ecommerce companies recycle the waste that they generate.
02 Sep, 2019, 09.34 PM IST
Just how bad is India's plastic problem?The plastic processing industry is estimated to grow to 22 MT per year by 2020, as per a FICCI study.
09 Jun, 2019, 06.09 AM IST
Amazon, H&M and other multinationals pressing to soften Maharashtra's plastic banPlastic packaging accounts for nearly half of all plastic waste globally, and much of it is thrown away within just a few minutes of its fi...
29 Jun, 2018, 09.12 AM IST
Indie brands create products that leave minimal waste in their makingJD Institute of Fashion Technology last month conducted its annual design awards titled Future Origins. The theme was innovative, ethical a...
26 Jun, 2017, 10.26 AM IST
Manage your plastic waste responsibly: KSPCB to companiesKSPCB has decided to get cracking on the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, which includes imposing EPR on manufacturers, sellers and im...
14 Mar, 2017, 12.13 PM IST