“We believe that the share of plastics used for these banned SUPs (single-use plastic) is not large (less than 2-3%) and our interactions w...

Earbuds with plastic sticks, plastic sticks for balloons, plastic flags, candy sticks, ice-cream sticks, polystyrene (thermocol) for decora...

CPCB has adopted a Comprehensive Action Plan which comprises measures to reduce supply of raw materials, demand side measures to reduce pla...

It will be ensured that only alternatives to single-use plastic (SUP) items such as paper plates, cups, straws are used in the Delhi Secret...

The cabinet meeting held on Thursday decided Plastic carry-bags less than 75 microns in thickness with effect from September 30, 2021 and c...

Representatives from the packaging industry said a uniform central government notification needs to be followed by the entire country to av...

The proposed prohibition on their manufacture, use, sale, import and handling is in keeping with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcemen...

"A lot of the bans that states have introduced are really simple to enforce. You could start by banning plastic cutlery — simple things lik...

A crackdown on plastic in India risks jobs losses in an economy that’s seeing the slowest expansion in six years.

All govt departs and organisations under them to launch countrywide campaign from Sept 11; educational institutions also to be roped in.

To collect 10,000 tons of plastic by Gandhi Jayanti for recycling and disposal by October 2.

The new notification of the state government on plastic ban that will be issued, on Monday, puts big players such as Unilever and ITC under...

The UGC has directed all varsities and higher educational institutions to ban use of plastic cups, lunch packets, straws, bottles and bags ...

The directive by the commission comes after the Union Environment Ministry issued an advisory, saying India is the global host of this year...

Lakhs of visitors to the annual Lili Parikrama of Mount Girnar have gone back leaving the Girnar wildlife sanctuary, the abode of Asiatic l...

The cost of a single-use packet of gutka, pan masala and tobacco can be expected to increase appreciably from the 1 that it now costs, as t...

A bench of justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly also asked the manufacturers to explore and decide by March 2011 on the alternative materia...