According Central Pollution Control Board data shared by environment MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, and Tripura contribute least to plastic pollution.
Rajasthan HC was hearing a petition by manufacturers who said Union environment ministry's 2021 notification banning single-use plastics didn't include laminated paper cups.
Bengaluru: Small relatives of jellyfish, molluscs and other coastal marine invertebrates appear to be living and reproducing on mounds of plastic debris in the...
The study by Gyres Institute concluded that the acceleration of plastic densities in oceans — including beaches —demands 'urgent international policy interventions'.
Under the proposal, all 27 EU members will be required to reduce packaging waste per capita by 15% in 2040 compared with 2018 levels. Packaging accounts for 36% of municipal solid waste.
Guidelines on single-use plastic waste management sets annual recycling targets for producers, importers & brand-owners. The fines for those who fail won't absolve them from meeting targets.
Governments and businesses are increasingly realising that recycling is not enough to address plastic pollution. More action is needed at the upstream level.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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