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From kitchen storage to recycling bins: How Deposit Refund Schemes can change India’s plastic economyIndia is exploring Deposit Refund Schemes (DRS) to tackle plastic waste, where consumers pay a small deposit on packaged products, refunded...- The growing scourge of plastic pollution: In numbersIn December, nations may agree on a pioneering treaty to cut plastic pollution, projected to triple by 2060. Global plastic production has ...
- We can't do without plastic, make it safeThe plastics industry employs more than 4 million people and comprises more than 20,000 processing units, 80-90% of which are SMEs. In 2020...
- Jordan artist turns plastic trash into art, says want to rid world of single-use plasticsTrained in painting and drawing in the United States and Italy, Nissan decided to collect and repurpose the trash to create art.
- View: Wrap it up, swachh from plasticThe UN Environment Programme finds the world adding 300 million tonnes of plastic waste every year to the accumulated pile of about 7 billi...
- 14 million tonnes of microplastics on sea floor: Australian study
- 414 million plastic pieces found on Indian Ocean islands: StudyAn estimated 414 million pieces of plastic - including nearly one million shoes and 370,000 toothbrushes - have been found washed ashore on...
- 414 million plastic pieces found on Indian Ocean islands: StudyPlastic pollution is a well-documented threat to wildlife and its potential impact on humans is a growing area of medical research.
- Experts believe recycling plastic waste can create more jobs in IndiaAddressing the conference session themed 'Beat Plastic Pollution', Henriette Faergemann, Head for Environment, Energy and Climate Change at...
- Plastic eaten by creatures living in deepest places on EarthScientists have found plastic in the stomachs of animals living more than 10 kilometres below the ocean surface in the deepest places on Ea...
- The plastic menace: How mankind is treating oceans as a global trash canWhen UN member countries come together in New York for the Oceans Conference in June, addressing marine litter will be a priority.
- World Heritage-listed island most polluted place on EarthSydney, May 16 (IANS) A remote island in the South Pacific is the most polluted place on the planet, Australian research said on Tuesday.
- Plastic choking Gir, the pride of GujaratEvery year, wildlife lovers and voluntary organizations clear tonnes of plastic littering the 36 km-long Girnar Parikrama route.
- Plastic choking Gir, the pride of GujaratEvery year, wildlife lovers and voluntary organizations clear tonnes of plastic littering the 36 km-long Girnar Parikrama route.
- 60 cities generate over 15K tonnes of plastic waste per day"As per a survey conducted by Central Pollution Control Board in 60 cities of the country, the quantum of plastic waste generation is estim...
- 60 cities generate over 15,000 tonnes of plastic waste per dayThe quantum of plastic waste generation in 60 cities of the country is estimated to be over 15,342 tonnes per day while more than 6,000 ton...
- People build bridge out of plastic bottles in Romanian cityTimisoara is an ancient city and considered the cultural centre of western Romania.
- Plastic invades lion’s abodeLakhs of visitors to the annual Lili Parikrama of Mount Girnar have gone back leaving the Girnar wildlife sanctuary, the abode of Asiatic l...
- Plastic waste time bomb ticking for India, SC saysCentral Pollution Control Board informed SC that the country generates 56L tonnes of plastic waste annually, with Delhi accounting for a st...
- Plastic waste time bomb ticking for India: Supreme CourtThe four metros are major culprits in generating such waste, with Delhi producing 689.5 tonnes a day, followed by Chennai (429.4 tonnes), K...
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