Accelerating Plastics Circularity: Turning Ambition into Scalable Action | Industry RoundtableIndustry experts convened to emphasize the need for advancing plastics circularity throughout India and the Asia Pacific region. They ident...
02 Sep, 2026, 07.04 PM IST
The biomass paradox: Why India still imports the future of plasticsIndia possesses vast biomass but lacks the industrial infrastructure for biopolymer production. Global bioplastics production is rising, ye...
26 Feb, 2026, 03.41 PM IST
Balrampur Chini bags 1st institutional order from Lucknow Cantonment Board to supply bio-plastic itemsBalrampur Chini Mills has taken a step by securing its inaugural institutional order for eco-friendly bioplastic products. The Lucknow Cant...
23 Feb, 2026, 03.36 PM IST
Sugarcane to sustainability: India gets its first fully integrated PLA plant as Balrampur Chini unveils BioyugThe company expects Bioyug to catalyse MSME participation in downstream packaging and green innovation.
03 Jul, 2025, 11.36 AM IST
Budget 2024: A shot in the arm for green energy initiativesIn the Interim Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced financial assistance for the procurement of biomass aggregation machi...
01 Feb, 2024, 03.38 PM IST
Traditional waste processing methods are unsuitable for large citiesManoj Joshi, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) said that large cities have no option. "Million-plus cities have to g...
01 Dec, 2023, 10.18 PM IST
Plant to convert e-waste into bio fuel to be made operational soon: Harsh VardhanEnvironment Minister Harsh Vardhan said Saturday a plant to covert plastic waste into bio-diesel will soon be made operational at the India...
13 Oct, 2018, 03.22 PM IST
Rourkela Steel Plant initiates project to use waste plastic in road constructionSAIL said its plants have plans to lay more such green roads with waste plastic in the coming months, in a significant step towards Swachh ...
17 Feb, 2018, 04.46 PM IST
Karnataka ban on plastic use stumps quick service restaurants like Cafe Coffee Day, McDonald's, KFCQuick service restaurant chains operating in Bengaluru and other parts of Karnataka have a huge packaging problem to grapple with.
07 Apr, 2016, 09.35 AM IST
How Royal Dutch Shell and other companies are trying to make petroleum products from municipal wasteRoyal Dutch Shell has proven the technology in its laboratory, using a waste mixture that can even contain some amount of plastics.
28 Dec, 2015, 12.55 PM IST
India's largest IT Park to go greenTechnopark is going green with a first-of-its-kind integrated and centralised waste management plant, set to be inaugurated on September 30.
28 Sep, 2015, 06.51 PM IST
Manish Sisodia visits controversial Okhla, Ghazipur waste-to-energy plantsA CPCB inspection had revealed levels of dioxins and carcinogenic chemical compounds in the Okhla plant was several times the safe standard.
23 May, 2015, 11.28 AM IST
New method can turn sawdust into petrolScientists at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) in Belgium used a new chemical process to convert the cellulose in sawdust into hy...
26 Nov, 2014, 01.08 PM IST
New method can turn sawdust into petrolScientists at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium used a new chemical process to convert the cellulose in sawdust into hydrocarbon ch...
26 Nov, 2014, 01.06 PM IST
Greendiamz launches biodegradable packaging material in GoaGreendiamz Private Ltd, which produces eco-friendly biodegradable packaging material, has decided to expand its presence in west India by l...
05 Oct, 2013, 01.59 PM IST
Green drive makes Coca-Cola & Pepsi see red once again; new bottles from cola cos to be 30% biomass-basedInstead of petroleum, Coca-Colawill use ethanol, a derivative of molasses, to make part of the PET bottle. Archrival Pepsi has similar plan...
23 Feb, 2012, 12.23 PM IST
- TVS Group co Harita NTI plans bio-plastics foray
Chennai-based Harita NTI, part of TVS group, has proposed to manufacture various base resins out of bio-mass.
21 Aug, 2007, 02.12 AM IST