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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...
In 1993, Taiwan collected 70% of its trash while recycling virtually none. 33 years later, paid bags, musical trucks and sorting helped drive recycling to 55% nationwideTaiwan’s experience therefore challenges the idea that recycling depends mainly on individual environmental enthusiasm. People certainly ne...
In 2022, RMIT tested shredded masks, rubber gloves and isolation gowns in concrete; gloves raised strength by up to 22% and masks by up to 17%RMIT University researchers discovered shredded personal protective equipment strengthens concrete. Rubber gloves increased concrete streng...
ET Startup Awards 2026 | Social Enterprise: Varaha delivers carbon dollars to smallholder farmersVaraha is helping farmers adopt sustainable farming practices such as regenerative farming, tree planting, biochar and enhanced rock weathe...
ET Startup Awards 2026: Nominees for Social EnterpriseWith this category, we intend to recognise the startup that best embodies the ‘double bottomline’ model, one that combines profits with the...
Ardee Industries IPO Day 2: GMP at 29%; issue subscribed 3.08 times so far. Should you subscribe?On the first day of bidding, the IPO was subscribed 3.08 times, with bids received for more than 17.98 crore shares against the 5.84 crore ...
Sunlight slowly damages solar panels; researchers think they have found a natural shield - a red onionSolar power is growing fast across the US, but scientists say one hidden part of today's solar technology still depends on petroleum-based ...
88% ‘hard-to-recycle’ plastic: PolyCycl’s bet on turning waste into valueIndia's plastic waste problem is being tackled by PolyCycl's innovative chemical recycling. The technology transforms difficult-to-recycle ...
Circulate Capital raises $220 million in first close of its Fund IICirculate Capital has successfully raised $220 million in the first close of its second fund, surpassing its initial target. This new fund ...
India’s waste crisis is also its biggest circular economy opportunity, says Blue Planet’s Prashant SinghBlue Planet Environmental Solutions positions India's waste crisis as a significant opportunity for circularity, having processed over 13 m...
HUL buying 14.3% stake in recycled plastics company LucroLucro is a waste management, recycling and product manufacturing company, working to create a circular plastics economy and fits in line wi...
India's circular economy could generate USD 2 trillion market: Union Minister Bhupender YadavUnion Minister Bhupender Yadav highlighted that India's circular economy could create a market value of over USD 2 trillion and 10 million ...
India-Finland Collaboration poised to set global benchmarks in sustainable packaging practices: EnvoyHuhtamaki India and Embassy of Finland collaborate to redefine sustainable packaging. At the 2nd edition of the Think Circle event in New D...
Plastic industry among leading contributors to economy, provides huge job opportunities: GovtThe Global Conclave on Plastic Recycling and Sustainability in New Delhi highlighted the importance of the plastic industry in the economy....
Why it is time to focus on plastic waste recycling and renewablesEfforts are underway to streamline processes, enhance transparency, and create value in the recycling industry. Companies are focusing on s...
Reliance becomes first in India to use chemical recycling for circular polymersReliance shipped its first batch of ISCC-Plus certified circular polymers, named CircuRepol (Polypropylene) and CircuRelene (Polyethylene)....
Biomaterials platform Mynusco to fight climate changeMynusco aims to create value to crop-waste, thereby encouraging farmers to avoid crop-burning.
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...
Need to develop circular economy for helping India post-COVID: Amitabh Kant"The green recovery post-COVID would not just help us to tackle environmental challenges like climate change, it would also help economic r...
Oceans to have more plastics than fish by 2050: WEFEvery year at least 8 million tonnes of plastics leak into the ocean, equivalent to dumping contents of one garbage truck into the ocean ev...