Life of Plastic: India’s petrochemical industry is a part of its ‘polymer problem’, says CSE; yet it is encouraged
India plans to position itself as a major exporter of basic petrochemicals, CSE’s new report hints
Accelerated breeding: Plastic waste in urban drains can lead to an explosion of mosquitoes; here’s how
Bisphenol A, a chemical used for softening plastics, shortens the mosquito life cycle and leads to population explosion
Stop making plastic, green activists demand at Busan meet
Activists from Break Free From Plastic, a global movement envisioning a plastic-free future, also called on countries to stop exporting plastic waste
Plastic: How it became the ‘lubricant of globalisation’
As countries agree to forge an international, legally non-binding treaty to end plastic pollution, a walk down memory land about the rise of the …
Famous Cuddalore beach found to have high level of microplastics: NCPOR study
The Silver Beach in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu was found to have a higher amount of coloured plastic particles, compared to fragmented and …
40% plastic waste littered on India’s streets: Javadekar in Lok Sabha
Minister also told the House that the government had no new scheme or fund allocation for recycling of plastic
Can the world beat plastic?
Pollution caused by plastic is a major issue in today’s world. But solutions to tackle it and dispose plastic waste safely do exist
Onboard the FlipFlopi: A boat made of used plastic
A traditional dhow made of trash, collected from beaches and towns in Kenya, is set for its maiden voyage from Lamu to Zanzibar in Tanzania
Nigeria well placed to beat plastic pollution: Vice President
Government and corporations have started working on different programmes aimed at reducing plastic pollution
Unintended consequences: Street vendors in India struggle amid the single-use plastic ban
The sudden ban on single-use plastics has left vendors grappling to find suitable alternatives, significantly impacting their businesses
Plastic pollution in Nigeria: whose job is it to clean up the mess?
Nigeria’s rivers, lakes and ocean are also full of discarded plastic
United Nations Environment Assembly 5.2: Five aspects of plastic pollution that needs focus
The 5th meeting of UNEA will be held February 28, 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya.
No ban on single-use plastics, to be phased out by 2022
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterates a commitment that India made last year
70 years after the first ascent of Everest, the impact of mass mountaineering must be confronted
Recent influx of ‘novice mountaineers’, who may expect luxury packages and a guarantee of summiting, can have dangerous consequences
Land, freshwater species in Asia-Pacific impacted by plastic pollution: UN Study
Data on the impacts of plastic pollution on land and freshwater species missing from most research, according to new UN study
Microplastics again: Report flags threat to marine environment along Kanyakumari coast
Pollutants dog remote beaches, marine ports apart from touristy destinations: Bharatidasan University study
Two more states join anti-plastic bandwagon
After Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, now Himachal Pradesh and Odisha have reined in on thermocol and plastic
Plastic-eating bacteria, bad 'good' cholesterol and other news you may have missed this week
Other news includes a study on what enabled humans to develop speech and an attempt to sanction fishing above committed limits in European seas
Young entrepreneurs help India curb air and plastic pollution
IIT graduates come up a with a solution to India's crop residue burning problem
Why agri plastics are bigger threats than they appear to be
Just 1 kg of thin mulching sheets is enough to cover and contaminate as much as 700 square feet of agricultural land
Without new policies, plastic consumption across G20 countries to double by 2050: Report
Only a combination of existing policies along with new ones can arrest the trend & slow consumption
Here are some ways to arrest cigarette butt pollution
Initiatives like product redesign, extended producer responsibility, fines, penalties and promoting non-profits for awareness programmes and …
Plastic endgame: Did UNEA 5.2 start a new era
The world’s adoption of the resolution to end plastic pollution by 2024 is only the first step in a long battle
175 countries commit to forge internationally binding treaty on plastic pollution by 2024
The resolution establishes an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to complete a draft global legally binding agreement by the end of 2024
Plastic is now in humanity’s blood
Besides research, policies and technologies, it is now a global environmental concern that demands an individual or personal effort in …