The Ganga’s message: The Hindu Editorial on microplastics pollution
3 years, 5 months ago

The Ganga’s message: The Hindu Editorial on microplastics pollution

The Hindu  

The Ganga might have stood witness to many stages of India’s civilisation, as Mahatma Gandhi once noted, but in recent decades it has become a conduit for sewage, solid waste, industrial effluents and other pollutants. The finding of significant levels of microscopic particles invisible to the naked eye at below 300 micrometres to 5 millimetres in the country’s holiest river calls into question the progress of two high-priority, well-funded missions of the NDA government, Swachh Bharat, to deal with solid waste, and Namami Gange, to rid the river of its pollution. Surprisingly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s support for the river clean-up, originally scheduled to be implemented by December 2020, has not saved it from serious deficits; official data indicate that 97 Ganga towns may be discharging about 750 million litres of untreated sewage a day into the river. Although the Centre recently issued a draft to tighten the Plastic Waste Management Rules, cities have failed to implement existing rules as well as the Solid Waste Management rules, on ending single-use plastics, waste segregation, recycling labels on packaging, extended producer responsibility for manufacturers and recovery of materials.

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Creating a Global Package to Solve the Problem of Plastics
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Creating a Global Package to Solve the Problem of Plastics

Wired  

According to the United Nations, plastic production skyrocketed from 2 million metric tons in 1950 to about 400 million in 2024. Since 2022, policymakers in the United Nations, representing over 170 countries, have been negotiating a legally binding Global Plastics Treaty addressing the full lifecycle of plastics, from design to production to disposal. At the time of writing, the draft …

These 3 Things Are Standing in the Way of a Global Plastics Treaty
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These 3 Things Are Standing in the Way of a Global Plastics Treaty

Wired  

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Why the first-ever global treaty on plastic pollution has missed 2024 target
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Why the first-ever global treaty on plastic pollution has missed 2024 target

India Today  

The world’s first legally binding treaty on plastic pollution, which was supposed to be finalised by the end of 2024, has been postponed to next year, primarily because negotiators from 175 countries failed to reach a consensus. Along with curbing production, the treaty includes provisions for states to report plastic production, consumption, trade data and the amount of plastic waste …

A cut in time: On the plastic pollution problem
2 weeks, 5 days ago

A cut in time: On the plastic pollution problem

The Hindu  

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Plastic pollution talks: the key sticking points
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Plastic pollution talks: the key sticking points

Raw Story  

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Countries fail to reach agreement on plastic pollution treaty at UN talks in South Korea
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Countries fail to reach agreement on plastic pollution treaty at UN talks in South Korea

ABC  

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Plastic treaty talks in Busan stall, pushed to 2025
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Plastic treaty talks in Busan stall, pushed to 2025

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The 5th Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Develop an International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution in Busan failed to agree on developing a treaty, pushing talks to another INC session in 2025. We should keep in mind that in designing the new treaty we should not follow a punitive approach with developing countries under the …

Plastic treaty talks fail over disagreement on production cuts
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Plastic treaty talks fail over disagreement on production cuts

The Hindu  

Delegates from nearly 170 countries who gathered in Busan, South Korea, failed to agree on a framework agreement to eliminate plastic pollution, despite a week of negotiations. “We share the unhappiness we feel in this room with the limited amount of progress that we were able to make,” said Hugo Schally, who spoke on behalf of the European Union at …

Global treaty to tackle plastic pollution hits snag as countries fail to agree
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Global treaty to tackle plastic pollution hits snag as countries fail to agree

Firstpost  

The fifth and final U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting to yield a legally binding global treaty was set to wrap up in Busan, South Korea, on Sunday, but a final plenary session had not been held as of 4:00 p.m. A plastic bottle floats in the sea at Maccarese beach, west of Rome, Italy. File image/ Reuters Doubts rose on …

What to know about the plastic pollution crisis as treaty talks conclude in South Korea
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What to know about the plastic pollution crisis as treaty talks conclude in South Korea

Associated Press  

BUSAN, South Korea — The world’s nations will wrap up negotiating a treaty this weekend to address the global plastic pollution crisis. Their meeting concludes Sunday or early Monday in Busan, South Korea, where many environmental organizations have also flocked to push for a treaty to address the volume of production and toxic chemicals used in plastic products. Greenpeace said …

Draft text for binding plastic pollution treaty released
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Draft text for binding plastic pollution treaty released

Hindustan Times  

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India seeks ‘scope’, ‘principles’ of treaty on plastic phase-out
3 weeks, 4 days ago

India seeks ‘scope’, ‘principles’ of treaty on plastic phase-out

Hindustan Times  

India has called upon UN member states to develop a clear scope and principle for the new legally binding instrument on phasing out plastic pollution, currently being negotiated during the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee in South Korea’s Busan. The Indian delegation said the new instrument must draw the mandate on scope from the resolution adopted by fifth …

India proposes multilateral fund for new deal to end plastic pollution
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India proposes multilateral fund for new deal to end plastic pollution

Live Mint  

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‘Once in a lifetime’ chance to end plastic pollution as nations assemble in Busan
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‘Once in a lifetime’ chance to end plastic pollution as nations assemble in Busan

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Environment activists stage a rally calling for a strong global plastics treaty ahead of the …

Why is a global treaty on plastic pollution dividing the world?
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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Why is a global treaty on plastic pollution dividing the world?

LA Times  

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India suggests funding proposal for plastic phase-out
3 weeks, 6 days ago

India suggests funding proposal for plastic phase-out

Hindustan Times  

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Leaders make push for plastic pollution treaty at talks in South Korea
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Leaders make push for plastic pollution treaty at talks in South Korea

Al Jazeera  

Island nations say recycling insufficient to solve problem when 400 million tonnes of plastic waste is produced yearly. “We must end plastic pollution before plastic pollution ends us,” Kim Wan-sup, South Korea’s minister of environment, said during the opening session on Monday. Several countries, including island nations hard-hit by plastic pollution, are pushing for a more ambitious agreement that addresses …

Nations Meet To End Plastic Pollution With A Global Treaty. Here’s What To Know.
4 weeks ago

Nations Meet To End Plastic Pollution With A Global Treaty. Here’s What To Know.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A last round of negotiations on a legally binding treaty to address the global scourge of plastic pollution has opened in Busan, South Korea. Environmental groups and Indigenous leaders want a holistic approach An excavator cleans up plastic and other waste materials on Mahim Beach on the Arabian Sea coast in Mumbai, India, on April 22, 2024. …

What to know about the plastic pollution treaty talks in South Korea
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What to know about the plastic pollution treaty talks in South Korea

Associated Press  

A last round of negotiations on a legally binding treaty to address the global scourge of plastic pollution has opened in Busan, South Korea. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Environmental groups and Indigenous leaders want a holistic approach Graham Forbes, who is leading a Greenpeace delegation in Busan, said his group could …

Can the World Unite to End the Plastic Pollution Crisis?
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Can the World Unite to End the Plastic Pollution Crisis?

Live Mint  

-- The final round of United Nations-brokered talks aimed at tackling plastic pollution are opening in South Korea with deep divisions over the need to stem the rising flood of the material, a rift that threatens to scupper a two-year long quest for a deal. A coalition of nearly 70 nations, including Rwanda, Norway and the UK, is pushing for …

Holistic Approach to India's Plastic Waste Concerns: A Call for Collective Action
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Holistic Approach to India's Plastic Waste Concerns: A Call for Collective Action

Hindustan Times  

The article highlights the global plastic waste crisis and the need for sustainable consumption and resource management. It emphasizes the importance of implementing holistic solutions that involve urban local bodies, governments, and stakeholders to achieve a clean and sustainable future. The article outlines specific measures such as improved waste collection, recycling, and technology to address the issue. It also stresses …

India’s plastic crisis: The hidden emissions choking the country
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India’s plastic crisis: The hidden emissions choking the country

Hindustan Times  

Despite ongoing efforts to curb plastic waste, India’s struggle with uncollected trash, especially plastic, and rampant open burning is driving an environmental crisis of unprecedented scale. The study highlights the scale of the global plastic crisis spotlighting India among other countries, with significant emissions driven by uncollected waste and open burning, practices prevalent across many developing nations. India’s plastic emissions …

India, not China, is world’s largest plastic emitter, study reports in Nature journal
3 months, 2 weeks ago

India, not China, is world’s largest plastic emitter, study reports in Nature journal

The Hindu  

New research published in the journal Nature has said that India is responsible for around one-fifth of global plastic emissions of around 9.3 million metric tonnes per year. “Previous studies highlighted China as a high plastic polluter because they used much older data on the country’s waste management” researcher and study co-author Ed Cook told The Hindu. Around 69%, or …

India emerges as the largest plastic polluter globally
3 months, 2 weeks ago

India emerges as the largest plastic polluter globally

Hindustan Times  

A new study by the University of Leeds, published in Nature Journal, revealed India as the biggest contributor to plastic pollution. The annual, global plastic waste is enough to fill New York City’s Central Park and pile up as high as 157 Empire State Building. India- the biggest polluter India topped the list, producing 9.3 million tons of plastic waste, …

Apex court raises alarm over plastic waste in water bodies
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Apex court raises alarm over plastic waste in water bodies

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court has voiced serious concerns over the unchecked dumping of plastic and other waste materials into India’s water bodies, warning that this pollution is causing significant environmental degradation and harming aquatic life. A bench of justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti emphasised that without a unified effort from authorities and the cooperation of the public, any attempts to …

Plastic mess: On India’s waste problem
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Plastic mess: On India’s waste problem

The Hindu  

India, like other large economies, faces a significant plastic waste problem. According to a 2020-21 report by the Central Pollution Control Board, four million tonnes of plastic waste are generated annually. Recyclers, who have networks to collect plastic waste, recycle the waste and receive validated certificates for each tonne recycled. Addressing the root causes of plastic waste and enhancing the …

Remoulding the Global Plastics Treaty
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Remoulding the Global Plastics Treaty

The Hindu  

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Plastic solution: Beyond the Global Plastics Treaty
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Plastic solution: Beyond the Global Plastics Treaty

The Hindu  

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Global Plastics Treaty: Can ‘climate’ sense prevail over oil & gas lobby?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Global Plastics Treaty: Can ‘climate’ sense prevail over oil & gas lobby?

New Indian Express  

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Plastic treaty talks conclude in Ottawa with little progress
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Plastic treaty talks conclude in Ottawa with little progress

The Hindu  

Activist and environmentalist groups have termed the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations that concluded in Ottawa, Canada, on Tuesday as “disappointing”. Nearly 192 member countries deliberated for nearly a week to iron out a legally binding agreement to “end plastic pollution”. This was the fourth round of talks since countries resolved in 2022 to eliminate plastics and formed an Intergovernmental Negotiating …

Plastic pollution: India favours consensus agreements instead of legal obligation
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Plastic pollution: India favours consensus agreements instead of legal obligation

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including the marine environment, ended without any tangible agreement in Ottawa, Canada. However, the INC-4 agreed to form two intersessional groups which will come up with discussion papers on plastic production criteria, chemicals of concern and product design focusing on …

5 takeaways from the global negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution
7 months, 3 weeks ago

5 takeaways from the global negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution

Associated Press  

OTTAWA, Ontario — Nations finished a round of negotiations early Tuesday on a treaty to end plastic pollution and made more progress than they have in three prior meetings. Graham Forbes, head of the Greenpeace delegation in Ottawa, said massively reducing plastic production is the most important thing the treaty can do because it’s impossible to end plastic pollution otherwise. …

Talks to end global plastic pollution reach pivotal stage in Canada
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Talks to end global plastic pollution reach pivotal stage in Canada

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy For the first time, negotiators from most of the world's nations are discussing the text …

With a deadline looming, countries race for a global agreement to cut plastic waste
7 months, 3 weeks ago

With a deadline looming, countries race for a global agreement to cut plastic waste

NPR  

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Global plastic pollution treaty talks hit critical stage in Canada
8 months ago

Global plastic pollution treaty talks hit critical stage in Canada

Associated Press  

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No microplastics: new rules queer the pitch for ‘biodegradable’ plastics
9 months ago

No microplastics: new rules queer the pitch for ‘biodegradable’ plastics

The Hindu  

The Environment Ministry has introduced rules that make it harder for makers of disposable plastic ware to label such products as ’biodegradable’, introducing a stipulation that they must not leave any microplastics behind. Biodegradable plastic and compostable plastic are projected as the two broad kinds of technological fixes to India’s burgeoning problem of plastic waste pollution. No microplastics A new …

Talks on a landmark treaty to end global plastic pollution are advancing in Kenya’s capital
1 year, 1 month ago

Talks on a landmark treaty to end global plastic pollution are advancing in Kenya’s capital

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Efforts to create a landmark treaty to end global plastic pollution advanced Monday in Kenya’s capital as nations, plus petrochemical companies, environmentalists and others affected by the pollution gathered to discuss draft language for the first time. “To bring a difference at the scale required, we must work collectively.” Kenya’s President William Ruto called the treaty “the …

India is on the global frontlines of the waste crisis: Oliver Franklin-Wallis, author of Wasteland
1 year, 3 months ago

India is on the global frontlines of the waste crisis: Oliver Franklin-Wallis, author of Wasteland

The Hindu  

The river of rubbish at the Green Recycling in Maldon, Essex, says the award-winning journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis, is “an awful sight” but leaves him mesmerised: his eyes catch “a single discarded glove; a crushed Tupperware container, the meal inside uneaten; a lone photograph of a child, smiling atop an adult’s shoulders.” Franklin-Wallis’s journey around the world of detritus, which he …

India, France to Work to Bolster Talks for Binding Instrument to End Plastic Pollution
1 year, 5 months ago

India, France to Work to Bolster Talks for Binding Instrument to End Plastic Pollution

News 18  

India and France on Friday said they will constructively engage other like-minded countries to strengthen the negotiations for an international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution. In March 2019, the 4th United Nations Environment Assembly, adopted a resolution on”Addressing Single-use plastic products pollution” which “encourages member states to take actions, as appropriate, to promote the identification and development of …

India is moving away from single-use plastics
1 year, 5 months ago

India is moving away from single-use plastics

Hindustan Times  

Estimates suggest that about seven billion of the 9.2 billion tonnes of plastic produced between 1950 and 2017 became plastic waste, ending up in landfills or dumped. The ministry of environment, forest and climate change adopted a two-pronged strategy to tackle unmanaged and littered plastic waste by placing a ban on single-use plastic items and effective implementation through extended producer …

India Leads Fight for Green Rights: Modi
1 year, 6 months ago

India Leads Fight for Green Rights: Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the developing and underdeveloped countries of the world are suffering from the flawed policies of a few developed countries and asserted that India had raised the issue of climate justice in front of every such country. The PM said: “Even today, developing and underdeveloped countries of the world are suffering …

World Environment Day: How Can India Learn From Bangladesh to Deal With Plastic?
1 year, 6 months ago

World Environment Day: How Can India Learn From Bangladesh to Deal With Plastic?

The Quint  

Third, we must promote the adoption of environmentally responsible and sustainable alternatives to single-use plastics. To do this, we must launch extensive public awareness programmes to inform people about the harm that plastic waste causes to the ecosystem. This will encourage people to adopt eco-friendly behaviours and limit their usage of single-use plastics, which will change their behaviour. Producing companies …

For people and planet, plastic pollution must end
1 year, 6 months ago

For people and planet, plastic pollution must end

China Daily  

Li Min/China Daily Fifty years ago, plastic was not as ubiquitous as it is today — microplastics in soil were not limiting crop growth and the equivalent of a garbage truck's worth was not dumped in our oceans every minute. Supporting large-scale users like supermarkets and their suppliers to eradicate, reduce, replace or reuse plastic packaging, in addition to introducing …

How much plastic is too much for our planet?
1 year, 11 months ago

How much plastic is too much for our planet?

Al Jazeera  

On Wednesday, January 11 at 19:30 GMT: Microplastics – tiny particles that result from the breakdown of plastics – are everywhere, from the air we breathe to the water we drink. And while the harms caused by microplastics are still being studied, researchers and environmental advocates say more action needs to be taken to rein in plastic pollution. Global plastic …

India needs a united front to fix its garbage problem
2 years, 2 months ago

India needs a united front to fix its garbage problem

Hindustan Times  

As the much-celebrated Swachh Bharat Mission completes eight years of unprecedented focus on safe and inclusive sanitation, the path has changed significantly from where it started on October 2, 2014. An estimated 2,200 legacy dumpsites, strewn like ulcers on the country’s urban landscape, hold 160 million tonnes of waste and are waiting to be scientifically dismantled. Urban expansion has caused …

India has taken ‘resolute’ steps towards eliminating single-use plastic, says Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey
2 years, 2 months ago

India has taken ‘resolute’ steps towards eliminating single-use plastic, says Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey

The Hindu  

India has taken resolute steps to reflect its commitment towards elimination of single-use plastics and it has also taken leadership in international fora to channel global attention towards the pollution they cause, Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar Choubey has said. He was speaking at the two-day national Eco Alternatives Expo and Start-Up conference …

War against plastic: focus on capital
2 years, 4 months ago

War against plastic: focus on capital

The Hindu  

The spotlight will be on Thiruvananthapuram in the context of an Indo-German project that seeks to prevent marine litter including plastics and microplastics. Kerala is one of three States, the others being Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, where the project 'Circular Economy Solutions Preventing Marine Litter in Ecosystems' is being implemented. Thiruvananthapuram would be the city in focus where ground-level …

Targetting wayside littering on the coast from Sholinganallur to Mamallapuram
2 years, 5 months ago

Targetting wayside littering on the coast from Sholinganallur to Mamallapuram

The Hindu  

On the drive to Mamallapurm down East Coast Road, Nature often shifts gears, going into an overdrive of sequestered, untouched beauty. It is an ally in “Waves of Changes” project, one executed by Hand In Hand India in collaboration with villages from Sholinganallur to Mamallapuram. We are working in 11 fishing villages, where we are collecting plastic waste,” begins Kalpana …

Enforcing the plastic ban well
2 years, 5 months ago

Enforcing the plastic ban well

Hindustan Times  

The world is choking on plastics. On Friday, India took a leap forward to contain this scourge by operationalising the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, which bans the manufacture, import, stocking, sale, distribution, and use of single-use plastic items. In 2015, the government said India generated 9.5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, but the Centre for Science and …

Cups, straws, spoons: India starts on single-use plastic ban
2 years, 5 months ago

Cups, straws, spoons: India starts on single-use plastic ban

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India banned some single-use or disposable plastic products Friday as part of a federal plan to phase out the ubiquitous material in the nation of nearly 1.4 billion people. But India’s federal environment minister Bhupender Yadav said at a press briefing in New Delhi that the ban had been in the pipeline for a year. A nationwide …

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