The UN gets serious about plastic pollution
As if mountains of plastic waste weren’t horrible enough, mankind now faces a new and more direct menace. Microplastics are lurking in our blood, according to a Dutch study published…
Coca-Cola hopes to achieve 100% recycling of bottles and cans in 2-3 years in India
As part of its ‘World Without Waste’ campaign, Coca-Cola Company stated that its business in India. It hopes to achieve 100% recovery and recycling of post-consumer packaging. It includes bottles…
Plastic packaging might be biodegradable
Christian Sonnendecker and his research team discovered seven enzymes they had never seen before while digging through a compost heap in a Leipzig graveyard. They were looking for proteins that…
Can we live without plastic?
Despite growing awareness of the environmental harm posed by plastic, it remains ubiquitous in our daily lives. It’s in our food, hygiene items, and most store-bought packaging, and, regrettably, it’s…
Impacts of COVID-19 on single-use plastic and its fate in the global ocean
Under the Plastic Waste Management Rules 2021, India’s single-use plastic (SUP) phase-out plan would take effect in July 2022. It will prohibit the use of plastic in a range of…
Delhi government to hold an exhibition to find alternatives to single-use plastics
The environment minister has declared the ban on single-use plastic in Delhi from July 1. The government has taken the initiative of holding an exhibition for educating the citizens about…