Single-use plastics will be banned in India from July 1The production, importation, stocking, distribution, sale, and use of certain single-use plastic items that have a low utility and a high p...
28 Jun, 2022, 09.05 PM IST
Delhi government study to find out barriers to elimination of single-use plasticAccording to the project proposal, the Environment Department will engage any agency of repute working in the domain to conduct the study w...
27 Jun, 2022, 09.13 PM IST
Delhi to shut down all units dealing in single-use plastic items from Jul 1"We have issued strict directions to manufacturers, stockists, suppliers and distributors of single-use plastic items to ensure zero invent...
21 Jun, 2022, 06.02 PM IST
Delhi Secretariat to ban single-use plastic items from June 1It will be ensured that only alternatives to single-use plastic (SUP) items such as paper plates, cups, straws are used in the Delhi Secret...
14 May, 2022, 07.56 PM IST
Post lockdown, tourism rebooted along Goa's beaches — and so did litterAccording to the research study titled "Spatio-temporal assessment of Covid-19 lockdown impact on beach litter status and composition in Go...
20 Mar, 2022, 09.06 AM IST
Godrej & Boyce joins India Plastics Pact as founding memberGodrej & Boyce said its joining of the pact is aimed to strengthen the commitment of corporate India towards combating the growing environm...
03 Sep, 2021, 08.31 PM IST
Centre notifies amended rules for single-use plastic itemsThe thickness of plastic carry bags will be increased from 50 microns to 75 microns from September 30, 2021, and to 120 microns from Decemb...
13 Aug, 2021, 05.22 PM IST
Government may list 8 single-use plastic itemsDefining single-use plastic is the first step in the direction of doing away with such products in India by 2022, as called for by Prime Mi...
02 Dec, 2019, 06.53 AM IST
Kerala govt bans single use plastic from January oneAfter considering environmental and health issues related to mounting plastic waste, the government decided to ban single-use-plastic produ...
21 Nov, 2019, 10.43 PM IST
Mass awareness programmes to kick off fight against plasticThe idea is to cut back single-use plastic significantly by 2021-2022.
02 Oct, 2019, 11.10 PM IST
Odisha bans single-use plastic in all urban areas from Oct 2Odisha Forest and Environment Department in a notification issued on September 30 said the state government has prohibited manufacture, sel...
01 Oct, 2019, 07.35 PM IST
Railways, metro, airports authorised to implement plastic ban: Maharashtra to High CourtIn April, a division bench of Justices A S Oka and Riyaz Chagla refused to stay the notification after observing that the court cannot igno...
03 Aug, 2018, 05.02 PM IST
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.
25 Jun, 2018, 06.58 PM IST
Maharashtra plastic ban from tomorrow: All you want to knowOn March 23, the Maharashtra government had issued a notification, imposing a ban on the manufacturing, use, sale, distribution and storage...
22 Jun, 2018, 02.33 PM IST
Maharashtra to be 100 per cent plastic-free in one year: Minister Ramdas KadamKadam claimed 80 per cent of banned plastic items are being smuggled into the state from neighbouring Gujarat and only 20 per cent of them ...
05 Jun, 2018, 03.54 PM IST
Maharashtra's plastic ban may render 3 lakh people joblessThe state had issued the Maharashtra Plastic and Thermocol Products notification that banned the manufacture, use, storage, distribution, s...
03 Apr, 2018, 09.00 PM IST
Maharashtra to ban plastic from March 18, says environment ministerThe ban would cover the production, use, storage, sale, distribution, import and transportation of plastic, the minister informed the House.
16 Mar, 2018, 06.36 PM IST