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Thursday, October 30, 2025
TopicPlastic waste

Topic: Plastic waste

Fierce debate over curbs on plastic pollution as treaty deadline looms

A treaty could be the most significant deal relating to environmental protection as well as climate-warming emissions since the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Gujarat biggest plastic polluter, then Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Bengal, shows govt data submitted in LS

According Central Pollution Control Board data shared by environment MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, and Tripura contribute least to plastic pollution.

‘Laminated paper cups’ are 95% paper. They still come under single-use plastic ban, rules HC

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.

Coastal organisms hitched ride to middle of Pacific Ocean on plastic waste. Now they’re thriving & reproducing

Bengaluru: Small relatives of jellyfish, molluscs and other coastal marine invertebrates appear to be living and reproducing on mounds of plastic debris in the...

More than 170 trillion pieces of plastic are choking oceans worldwide, finds US institute

The study by Gyres Institute concluded that the acceleration of plastic densities in oceans — including beaches —demands 'urgent international policy interventions'.

EU sets new targets to cut packaging waste — recycle more plastic bottles, reuse take-way cups

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.

This Gujarat cafe loves plastic waste. For all the right reasons

The free homestyle food is a hook that draws customers back to the cafe. They barter kilos of discarded plastic every day in exchange for food.

Govt’s new rules for plastic packaging: Recycle upto 50% of single-use plastic in 3 yrs

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.

Delhi artist uses plastic in artwork, diverts 250 kg waste from landfills

Artist Manveer Singh said he used to do landscape and live paintings but it wasn't enough for him. He felt he had to do something for nature and not just use it as inspiration.

Pay for the product, not packaging — how a Chilean startup is innovating smart packaging

Santiago-based startup, Algramo, aims to drive the refill revolution & has worked with global consumer goods companies Unilever, Purin and Walmart.

On Camera

Pakistan helped Afghans defeat superpowers — only to lose them to their nationalism

Pakistan failed to understand the fiercely independent psyche of the Afghans and Pashtun nationalism, which has dominated politics in Afghanistan since its emergence in 1747.

Karnataka, Telangana, TN, Maharashtra power 40% of services output, pan-India growth uneven—NITI Aayog

Report on India's services sector examines state-level dynamics, maps disparities and suggests ways to tap into the sector’s potential.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.