Plastic crisis in the mountains: Will increased producer accountability bring the change? Waste is coming to the mountains in neatly trucks with layers of plastic. These are heaps of plastic...
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New research finds a link between Delhi’s thick smog and the burning of plastics.
Plastic waste is now well-known to pollute oceans. But new data shows the burning of plastics is adding to air pollution in Delhi NCR. Delhi was more susceptible to thick...
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India will ban single-use plastics next year. Is it enough?
Union Ministry of Environment has announced a set of rules to ban single-use plastic (SUP) items in 3 phases. Starting this year and ending in 2022 SUP-free India India is...
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The plastic waste crisis is now making India ranked 15th biggest plastic polluter globally
India produces approximately 26,000 tonnes of plastic waste per day, making us the 15th biggest plastic polluter globally. Plastic waste litter roads, rivers and also produce huge mounds in garbage...
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How can India deal with the tidal wave of marine plastic?
The widespread use of plastic in India has reached a tipping point that should concern everyone. The Annual Report on Implementing the Plastic Garbage Rules, 2016, published by the Central...
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Why is there concern about a new rule allowing recycled plastic in food packaging?
"Why is there concern about a new rule allowing recycled plastic in food packaging?" The Union government published the Plastic Waste Management (Second Amendment) Rules 2021 on September 22, 2021....
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Microplastics concentration in Ganga more than any other major world river
Delhi-based NGO Toxics Link study named, “Quantitative analysis of Microplastics along River Ganga” released recently mentions that heavy presence of microplastics in the river that flows through five states covering...
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