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This UK agritech firm eyes India rollout for rice-tech that may ease food, climate and winter smog woesStraw Innovations’ Straw Traktor turns leftover paddy straw into biochar and renewable energy and improves soil health. The company claims ...- Inside India’s bid to ditch plastic: Balrampur Chini powers a sugarcane-based packaging shiftWith bio-based materials like PLA gaining traction, Balrampur Chini Mills’ Ayodhya initiative offers a glimpse into how tradition and techn...
- Glen Industries IPO to open on July 8; fixes issue price band at Rs 92-97 per shareKolkata-based Glen Industries on Monday said it has fixed a price band at Rs 92-97 per share for its Rs 63.02 crore initial share sale that...
- Punjab, Haryana, UP asked to set up 'Parali Protection Force' to end stubble burningThe Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has directed Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh to establish a 'parali protection force' t...
- Starbucks' new compostable cup design sparks outrage: Why is the sustainability drive not sitting well with customers?Starbucks' introduction of new compostable cold cups has faced backlash from customers over aesthetics and functionality concerns. Despite ...
- Uttar Pradesh sees 46% less stubble burning under CM Yogi Adityanath's tenureUttar Pradesh has seen a 46% decline in stubble burning incidents under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's tenure, dropping from 8,784 in 201...
- Starbucks turns to celebrity CEO as it struggles to define itself for era of mobile ordersStarbucks is undergoing a transformation under new CEO Brian Niccol, known for his success at Chipotle. The coffee giant aims to address op...
- Maha govt tweaks policy on single-use plastic, allows straws, cups, plates made from compostable materialsPravin Darade, Secretary of the Environment and Climate Change Department, on Friday told reporters that a panel which studied the ban on s...
- Choked by the plastic ban, MSME units gasp to find an answerThe ban on some plastic items threatens to force many MSMEs out of business. The first of a two-part series on this issue looks at the ques...
- It is boom time for dairy sector; Amul’s Q1 growth is over 36%: MD“Among all the food items, the minimum price increase has happened in milk, only 8-9% in the last one and a half-two years. Amul or the oth...
- Single-use plastic banned in India from today. Here are some eco-friendly alternativesSome of these green options will make life hassle-free.
- Beverage companies fear losing ₹10 packs to plastic straw banWhile the food industry has seamlessly moved to disposable wooden cutlery (mostly made using bamboo) by passing on the added cost to end-cu...
- Coke plans price hikes as inflation shows no signs of softeningThe maker of Thums Up and Sprite soft drinks and Minute Maid juices had recently taken up price increases in the range of 3-3.5% for some o...
- Plastic ban: Imported paper straws to have cost implications, says packaged food industryArguing that there is no viable alternative at present, industry body Action Alliance for Recycling Beverage Cartons (AARC) and Home-grown ...
- Quantum Leap: As the problem of plastic waste worsens, environment-friendly packaging technologies will gain tractionThe other big task is finding sustainable alternatives to singleuse, multi-layer packaging used for chips, biscuits, etc, which is among th...
- Hotels gear up to remove plastic usageLemon Tree Hotels has paper straws and cups, cork coasters and pencils rather than plastic pens across guest area of the hotel.
- Niti Aayog working on policy to end crop residue burningAgricultural straw is mostly used as fodder for cattle or for making cardboard in areas where farmers harvest their crop by hand.
- Starbucks India dumps plastic in line with global commitmentWhile the change involved an initial cost and impacted the economics a bit, it would be offset over time with volumes, Ghosh said. “We are ...
- Rs 100-crore plan to discourage crop burning, improve Delhi airThe state governments will help cooperatives of unemployed youth set up custom hiring centres that will loan out the Happy Seeder machines ...
- Agriculture ministry to assist 'mandis' for setting up waste management plantsAs part of the Centre’s cleanliness mission, the agriculture ministry has decided to provide Rs 10 lakh each to 585 ‘mandis’ (wholesale agr...
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