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Saturday, July 26, 2025
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Topic: Plastic

Sample from speeding asteroid shows its made of stuff similar to that which formed the Sun

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

India to the US — here’s why the world urgently needs a global treaty on plastic pollution

Calls for a "bold, ambitious, broad and urgent" legally binding international treaty have been mounting. UN's Environment Assembly will be telling.

Worried about carbon footprint? Indian start-up’s ‘recycled’ shoes may put your mind at ease

Thaely, which means bag in Hindi, is a brand that uses only vegan & recycled materials like plastic bags and bottles to make shoes, priced at approximately Rs 9,750.

It’s too late for recycling alone to resolve the global plastic crisis. Here’s why

The truth about recycling is murky. Just because a product features the symbol, it’s not certain that it will be recycled, especially when it's plastic.

Manufacture, sale & use of single-use plastic banned in India from July next year

The ban on single-use plastic will include thermocol, plates, cups, glasses, cutlery such as forks, spoons, knives, straw, trays, wrapping papers and cigarette packets among others.

Largest marine study shows how much plastic fishes are actually eating

There is evidence that microplastics and even smaller particles called nanoplastics can move from a fish’s stomach to its muscle tissue, which is the part that humans typically eat.

A Norwegian startup wants to build affordable housing from 100% recycled plastic

In 2021, the first factory producing elements such as partitions for walls, ceilings and floors from recycled plastic will be built in Kenya.

Indian Oil is betting on plastics to deal with oil price volatility

Indian Oil, which operates nine refineries, saw more than a 90% dip in profit in the last fiscal, as volatility in oil and product prices led to narrow or negative margins.

Don’t give up on recycling plastic. It’s going to help manage our trash, spur innovation

The global recycling industry has a history of transforming what was previously 'unrecyclable' into useful products and is poised to do so again.

Washed your clothes today? You just threw out single-use plastic without realising it

As tiny as a grain of fine sand, hidden microplastics cannot be collected and recycled. But, little by little, they’re adding up to a huge problem.

On Camera

Thailand-Cambodia clash is more than a border fight—it’s a new front in Cold War 2.0

The Southeast Asian theatre is central to the Great Power contest between the US and China. It’s also a landscape where middle powers—France, the UK, Turkey—are shaping the strategic environment.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.