IT aimed to showcase COP26 Glasgow's "world-famous warm welcome" and sustainable city credentials to delegates arriving for the UN Climate Change Conference from every corner of the globe. India's Agenda at the COP26: We look at India's agenda at the...
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Are consumer goods companies doing enough to tackle plastic waste
Every year between $80 and 120 billion dollars of economic value is thrown away in the form of single-use plastic packaging. According to sustainability, that value could be a tremendous economic opportunity. An important part of human life: Plastics are...
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How cooperation on trade can help tackle plastic waste pollution
Plastic waste is a “Global Crisis" that affects us all, Every year about 380-400 million tons of plastic is created that’s weighing more than the world’s entire population, it then takes 1000 years to decompose with 3.5-4 Billion people living...
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Australia 7th in global rankings for plastic reduction
"Australia 7th in global rankings for plastic reduction" Every year, millions of tonnes of plastic are discarded in Australia, but the local recycling industry can only handle about one-tenth of it; the rest is either buried or shipped overseas. A...
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Future scenarios of global plastic waste generation and disposal
Plastic recycling is in a state of crisis where less than 10% is recycled. Every day, nearly 1 million tons of plastic are created. The current and only process of mechanical recycling is falling. There is all kind of plastic...
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The US falls behind most of the world in plastic pollution legislation
With the growing crisis of plastic pollution nearly every country in the world is suffering, nations arranged a solution to coming out with the universal issue of plastic. Despite this, the U.S. will still be affected by the agreement because...
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Plastic pollution in aquatic systems could triple by 2040, says UNEP Report
According to the current situation, the UNEP ( United Nations Environment Programme) established in 1972, said that without urgent action, the estimated 11 million metric tons of plastic currently entering the ocean annually. It will get double by 2030 and...
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It’s too late for recycling alone to resolve the global plastic crisis
Plastic pollution is a huge problem and it’s a fundamental change in thinking about how plastics are made, used, and discarded new facts are as follows. This is the truth about recycling, just because a product contains the symbol, it's...
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Insubstantial collaboration with stakeholders in plastic waste management in Nepal
As we all know that, “plastic waste management is not a national issue, it is a global problem”. And this is one of the defining problems of the generation. Globally, we produce 2 billion tons of waste every single year....
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Plastic is responsible for 3.8% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
"Plastic is responsible for 3.8% of global greenhouse gas emissions".The link between plastic pollution and carbon emissions is overlooked most of the time. Tackling these challenges requires knowledge about their relationship. Considering plastic beverages, take-out containers, cosmetics and, so much...
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