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World Earth Day 2024: Date, significance, and why Planet vs Plastics is theme of this year. What can you doEarth Day promotes environmental protection and sustainability. EARTHDAY.ORG advocates for a 60% reduction in plastic production by 2040 an...- IIT-Kanpur reviews 'startup gateway for garbage-free cities'The program aims to provide support to startups working at the intersection of technology and social innovation. This support will help the...
- Single-use plastic ban from July 1, gave industry enough time: Bhupender YadavThe minister sought the cooperation of all stakeholders from the industry to the public to rid the country of the menace of SUP. As per the...
- 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...
- NGT raps govt over delay in report on import of hazardous wasteThe National Green Tribunal said that even though a committee is said to have been constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (...
- Thermocol for decoration, fish storage not banned: Ramdas KadamConfusion was prevailing in the public over usage of thermocol and other plastic items after the ban was announced.
- Stricter penalty for polluting Ganga on cardsThe panel has fixed a deadline of December 31, 2020, to free Ganga and its tributaries from environmental pollution.
- Plea in NGT on pollution in East Delhi canal, Centre to replyThe order came on the plea filed by environment activist Vikrant Tongad seeking immediate removal of municipal waste and plastic bags from ...
- Health ministry backs use of PET medicine bottlesThe Drugs Technical Advisory Board had in May called for a ban on PET for bottling medicines used by children and pregnant women.
- Government says PET bottles fine for medicines but NGT decision awaitedDrug companies use PET as it’s lighter and cheaper than glass besides being less prone to breakage, making pharmaceuticals a key market for...
- Residents implement plastic bag ban in BengaluruResidents of Yelahanka, urged by the Nodal Health Care Officer, decided that the health hazards caused by plastic outweighs its usefulness ...
- Recyclers told to use local waste as government quietly slaps ban on import of electronic, PET scrapFor a country long identified as a scavenger of the developed world’s discarded waste, India may have embarked on a path to discard that id...
- Government should promote ICAR tech to detect detergent in milkThe government's Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed a new colour-based test for rapid detection of detergent in m...
- Rules for waste management framed by government, public suggestion invitedRules regarding management of solid, plastic, bio-medical and e-waste have been put on the government's portal and people's suggestions are...
- Delhi among top 10 largest plastic waste producing citiesDelhi figures among the top ten largest plastic waste producing cities in the country, the government said on Thursday.
- Delhi among top 10 largest plastic waste producing citiesJavadekar said that the govt has taken various measures to check pollution like supply of cleaner fuels as per auto fuel policy, use of gas...
- National green tribunal bans burning of plastic, tyres in Delhi's scrap marketTo prevent serious injury from being caused to environment and humans, national green tribunal on Wednesday banned burning of plastics, tyr...
- US agency draft deems controversial BPA chemical safe: ReportsA controversial plastic chemical found in baby bottles and other food containers does not pose a hazard when used at typical exposure level...
- HC bans plastic bags in all city marketsExtending the ban on plastic bags to all markets, the High Court also directed the Centre to constitute a committee for setting standards f...
- Bengal bans plastic carry bags below 40 micronsConcerned over rampant use of plastic carry bags which adds to the environmental pollution, the West Bengal Government today announced a ba...
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