Dabur becomes first Indian plastic waste neutral’ FMCG company in IndiaDabur had set the target of collecting, processing and recycling over 22,000MT of post-consumer plastic waste and has surpassed it three mo...
14 Feb, 2022, 01.33 PM IST
Bring plastic waste recycling model under PPP mode: Niti AayogThe government’s think tank Niti Aayog along with the UNDP called for the material recovery facility (MRF) to be funded & operated in the p...
11 Oct, 2021, 06.32 PM IST
Plastic sticks used in balloons, candies, ice-cream to be prohibited by January 1, 2022: GovernmentThe Ministry of Environment had issued a notification containing draft provisions on March 11, 2021 for amending Plastic Waste Management (...
23 Jul, 2021, 04.15 PM IST
Over 34 lakh tonnes of plastic waste generated in FY 2019-20: GovtAlready, the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, prohibit manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of carry bags and pla...
19 Jul, 2021, 05.35 PM IST
Naitonal Green Tribunal directs Centre to finalise EPR regime within three months, says plastic waste a serious hazardEPR (Under Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016) puts the onus on the manufacturers for the treatment, recycling, reuse or disposal of produ...
15 Jan, 2021, 12.56 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 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
Over 25 states may have to pay Rs 1 cr each for no action plan on plastic wasteThough 22 states have imposed complete ban on use of plastic carry bags, they are indiscriminately stocked.
26 May, 2019, 02.21 PM IST
Deutsche Bank fined $8.4 million in Dubai for serious breachesDeutsche Bank has been fined a whopping $8.4 million by Dubai's top regulator for committing "serious contraventions" in its dealings.
16 Apr, 2015, 03.18 PM IST
- It’s patent vs patient in AIDS fight
The battle lines between Western pharmaceutical transnationals and NGOs and patients’ associations are now drawn sharper than ever before. ...
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