EPR (Under Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016) puts the onus on the manufacturers for the treatment, recycling, reuse or disposal of produ...

The National Green Tribunal said that even though a committee is said to have been constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (...

Confusion was prevailing in the public over usage of thermocol and other plastic items after the ban was announced.

The panel has fixed a deadline of December 31, 2020, to free Ganga and its tributaries from environmental pollution.

The order came on the plea filed by environment activist Vikrant Tongad seeking immediate removal of municipal waste and plastic bags from ...

The Drugs Technical Advisory Board had in May called for a ban on PET for bottling medicines used by children and pregnant women.

Drug companies use PET as it’s lighter and cheaper than glass besides being less prone to breakage, making pharmaceuticals a key market for...

Residents of Yelahanka, urged by the Nodal Health Care Officer, decided that the health hazards caused by plastic outweighs its usefulness ...

For 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...

The government's Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed a new colour-based test for rapid detection of detergent in m...

Rules regarding management of solid, plastic, bio-medical and e-waste have been put on the government's portal and people's suggestions are...

Delhi figures among the top ten largest plastic waste producing cities in the country, the government said on Thursday.

Javadekar said that the govt has taken various measures to check pollution like supply of cleaner fuels as per auto fuel policy, use of gas...

To prevent serious injury from being caused to environment and humans, national green tribunal on Wednesday banned burning of plastics, tyr...

A controversial plastic chemical found in baby bottles and other food containers does not pose a hazard when used at typical exposure level...

Extending the ban on plastic bags to all markets, the High Court also directed the Centre to constitute a committee for setting standards f...

Concerned over rampant use of plastic carry bags which adds to the environmental pollution, the West Bengal Government today announced a ba...