Dump your plastic trash at any of these collection centres in Mumbai
6 years, 11 months ago

Dump your plastic trash at any of these collection centres in Mumbai

Hindustan Times  

If you have any plastic items such polypropylene bags, plastic sheets, plastic pouches and plastic and thermocol cutlery, you can dump them in black and gold portable bins, Monday onwards. These black and gold portable bins will be placed at strategic locations in and around municipal markets, shopping hotspots and railway stations, said civic officials. The 20 square feet plastic collection bins have a capacity of about 500 kg each, said an official of the solid waste management department, which is responsible for the disposal of the collected plastic. South Mumbai Colaba Causeway Crawford municipal market Cowasjee Patel tank Chor bazaar Dedh galli, Kamathipura Zaveri bazaar Flora fountain Kala Ghoda Gateway of India Girgaum chowpatty Mangaldas market, Kalbadevi Fashion street Dadar flower market Hindmata market LBS market, Matunga KNP market, Dadar West Suburbs Linking road, Bandra Lokhandwala market Juhu chowpatty Sainath market, Malad Borivali municipal market Chembur market Ghatkopar market Sion circle Mulund market

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350 tonnes of plastic waste sent for use as fuel in cement factory
5 months, 3 weeks ago

350 tonnes of plastic waste sent for use as fuel in cement factory

The Hindu  

Tiruchi City Corporation has sent around 350 metric tonnes of single use plastics for being used as refuse-derived fuel to Dalmia Cements over the past 45 days, since it renewed the agreement with the cement manufacturer a few months ago. Every day, a garbage truck of the Corporation s transports six to eight metric tonnes of the plastic waste from …

Tiruchi Corporation cracks down on circulation of single-use plastics in commercial establishments
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Tiruchi Corporation cracks down on circulation of single-use plastics in commercial establishments

The Hindu  

The Tiruchi City Corporation has launched an enforcement drive to check the use of single-use plastics and other banned products used for packaging in shops. So far, over 430 kg of single-use plastics from 412 shops across five zones and levied penalties amounting to ₹3.06 lakh. Single-use plastics such as cups and covers were seized from eateries, textile shops, roadside …

Will alternatives to plastic bags step up the fight against waste?
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Will alternatives to plastic bags step up the fight against waste?

The Hindu  

The switch to the alternatives to the banned plastic products has yielded mixed results in Tamil Nadu. A shopkeeper at Parry’s Corner says, “We have shifted from selling plastic items to printing invitation cards, selling greeting cards and paper and cloth bags since the Tamil Nadu government banned the single-use plastic. But, on Anderson Street, you will still find many …

Trash talk: The big problem with tiny packs
1 year ago

Trash talk: The big problem with tiny packs

Hindustan Times  

It may have an expiry date of February 2025, but the tiny packs in your purse, your travel pack and elsewhere in your home will likely be around, in some form or another, for at least 500 years. “One of the first barriers is the glass,” says Alexis Hocken, a chemical engineering doctoral candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, …

‘Plogman on India’ Ripu Daman Bevli and residents clean up streets of Coimbatore
1 year, 4 months ago

‘Plogman on India’ Ripu Daman Bevli and residents clean up streets of Coimbatore

The Hindu  

Ripudaman Bevli, began plogging seven years ago. Last year, we cleaned up beaches across Chennai and worked with the Tamil Nadu government for the International Coastal Clean-Up Day.” He says he would now like Indians to participate in #PlasticUpvaas, a social media challenge. “Disposables and single-use items completely overwhelm our lives, so we give people a mantra of #PlasticUpvaas to …

240 tonnes of plastic dumped in Delhi everyday: Report
1 year, 9 months ago

240 tonnes of plastic dumped in Delhi everyday: Report

Hindustan Times  

The Capital currently generates over 1,100 tonnes per day of plastic waste, but only around 870 TPD is being recycled or managed, leaving a gap of 242 TPD, or 22% of Delhi’s plastic waste load which ends up either in drains, at landfill or finding its way to the Yamuna, the latest data shows. Read here: Environment needs our urgent …

Green Revolution 2.0: Starting Today, Bid Adieu to Plastic Straws & Cutlery as India Readies for Cleaner Future
2 years, 8 months ago

Green Revolution 2.0: Starting Today, Bid Adieu to Plastic Straws & Cutlery as India Readies for Cleaner Future

News 18  

It is clogging our cities, killing marine life, turning into an eyesore and getting increasingly cumbersome to get recycled. The Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2021, prohibit the manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of a notified list of single-use plastic items, including straws, plastic cutlery and candy sticks, packaging on sweet boxes, cigarettes packets, invitation cards, polystyrene and expanded …

Delhi govt plans to phase out single-use plastic in 2022
3 years, 2 months ago

Delhi govt plans to phase out single-use plastic in 2022

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Delhi government plans to phase out single-use plastic such as bags, cutlery, films, banners, wrappers in three phases next year, beginning with thermocol and plastic sticks used with balloons, flags and candy, according to its draft alternatives to single-use plastic policy. The official said the draft policy is also open for public feedback and suggestions, both for …

India’s toxic love affair with plastic: on the 2022 ban against single-use products
3 years, 6 months ago

India’s toxic love affair with plastic: on the 2022 ban against single-use products

The Hindu  

C ome July 2022 and the Indian government’s ban on single-use plastics will come into force. The ‘Report on Single Use Plastics’, worked on by an expert committee constituted by the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, has categorised plastic products based on their environmental impact and utility — those found to have the lowest utility and highest environmental impact are …

Usage of banned plastic carry bags increases in Pune
3 years, 8 months ago

Usage of banned plastic carry bags increases in Pune

Hindustan Times  

The recent study by SWaCH and Pune Municipal Corporation supported waste pickers cooperative reports increased use of plastics, including banned carry bags. “Certain categories of plastic bags – non-woven PP bags have proliferated the market despite being banned especially at liquor stores.” Dr Ketki Ghatge, assistant medical officer of health, PMC solid waste management department said, “We are carrying out …

Discount coupons to segregate plastic waste, a hit in Shirur
4 years, 2 months ago

Discount coupons to segregate plastic waste, a hit in Shirur

Hindustan Times  

Despite the state government’s ban on plastic, there continues to be a wide usage of the material which is posing a problem for many local bodies in collecting and disposing off the waste. We have decided to give an incentive to citizens and encourage them to provide separate plastic waste to the contractor.” As per the Shirur Municipal Council officials, …

Maharashtra’s new initiative: Exchange plastic waste for food coupons
4 years, 3 months ago

Maharashtra’s new initiative: Exchange plastic waste for food coupons

Live Mint  

Thane: In a bid to encourage citizens towards proper disposal of plastic waste, the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation here has introduced a scheme of giving food coupons to people on collection of 5 kg of such waste. The scheme has been introduced as part of KDMC's zero garbage policy, said an official from the waste management department of the civic …

Mumbai: BMC seizes 410 kg plastic; slaps Rs 6.60 lakh fine
5 years ago

Mumbai: BMC seizes 410 kg plastic; slaps Rs 6.60 lakh fine

India TV News  

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation seized nearly 410 kg of plastic from shopkeepers and traders in the city and imposed a fine of Rs 6.60 lakh on them on Tuesday, a civic official said. The civic body launched the drive from February 29, with an to make Mumbai free of single-use plastic by May 1 this year, in line with the …

Phasing out single use plastics: Ban or eliminate? Need for alternative solutions to address multiple concerns
5 years, 2 months ago

Phasing out single use plastics: Ban or eliminate? Need for alternative solutions to address multiple concerns

Op India  

Since the time Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, announced on 2 October 2019 to phase out Single-Use Plastics by 2022, there has been much speculation as well as deliberations across industries. The main reason resulting in a worldwide campaign for its elimination is plastic pollution caused by the unprecedented large volume of plastic waste that is being generated every …

RWAs, traders in Delhi say they are doing their bit to reduce use of plastic
5 years, 6 months ago

RWAs, traders in Delhi say they are doing their bit to reduce use of plastic

Hindustan Times  

Forty seven-year-old Ruby Makhija from South Delhi’s Navjiwan Vihar has taken it upon herself to weed out single-use plastic, at least, from her neighbourhood. “We have involved 78 children and each is assigned 4-5 households to explain the harm of plastic and urge them to use organic bags,” said Makhija, an eye specialist and general secretary of Navjiwan Vihar residents’ …

Where does India stand on plastic waste?
5 years, 6 months ago

Where does India stand on plastic waste?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On August 15, in his Independence Day address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a movement to eliminate single-use plastic in India, beginning on Gandhi Jayanti. In spite of the notification of the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, and amendments made two years later, most cities and towns are not prepared to implement its provisions. Even …

Plastic bottles in the bin and rats in the machinery: life on the front line of recycling
5 years, 8 months ago

Plastic bottles in the bin and rats in the machinery: life on the front line of recycling

The Telegraph  

Standing in a sweltering factory, the men and women wiped sweat from their foreheads as they leant towards the conveyor belt to pull off waste. Black bin liners, nappies, food – all items which could contaminate a batch of otherwise recyclable waste – needed to be separated from the recycling and put in the bins marked “general waste”. Tasked with …

Public garbage bins on way out in Mumbai, 1,300 will be gone soon
6 years, 6 months ago

Public garbage bins on way out in Mumbai, 1,300 will be gone soon

Hindustan Times  

If the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation manages to implement what it is planning, you may be able to walk on several streets without having to contend with the stench emanating from the big public garbage bins. The BMC is planning to get rid of the big metal public garbage bins and encourage door-to-door collection of garbage. Chandrashekhar Prabhu, a town planning …

365 tonnes of non-recyclable plastic collected, says East Delhi civic body
6 years, 7 months ago

365 tonnes of non-recyclable plastic collected, says East Delhi civic body

Hindustan Times  

The East Delhi Municipal Corporation said it has collected 364.8 metric tonne of non-recyclable multi-layered plastic such as tobacco sachets and chips wrappers, which can’t be recycled, as part of a targeted collection drive in the last nine months. The initiative was launched as a pilot scheme in November last year in collaboration with a non-government organisation Indian Pollution Control …

Mumbai has criminalised plastic bags in a bid to clean up its littered beaches
6 years, 8 months ago

Mumbai has criminalised plastic bags in a bid to clean up its littered beaches

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 Hundreds of thousands of businesses in Mumbai have seen sales drop by about 50 per …

Plastic ban: Mumbai civic body to continue awareness rath yatra for another 2 months
6 years, 10 months ago

Plastic ban: Mumbai civic body to continue awareness rath yatra for another 2 months

Hindustan Times  

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, which has been conducting a ‘rath yatra’ for the past three days to raise awareness against the use of plastic, has decided to continue with it for another two months. For the past three days, the BMC has had a truck going around the city with posters, speakers and officials talking about the harmful impact of …

Maharashtra plastic ban: Mumbai civic body has miles to go for disposal of banned items
6 years, 11 months ago

Maharashtra plastic ban: Mumbai civic body has miles to go for disposal of banned items

Hindustan Times  

With only two months to go before the state implements the plastic ban, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s efforts to dissuade citizens from using the banned items have hit initial hurdles: lack of awareness campaigns and partly or completely hidden collection bins. The bins should be placed prominently.” A market inspector at Dadar West municipal market said no plastic items had …

No takers for recycled plastic
7 years, 1 month ago

No takers for recycled plastic

The Hindu  

While R. Vasudevan, who led the team at Thiagarajar College of Engineering that developed the technology to use plastic in laying of roads, has now been honoured with the prestigious Padma Shri award, there are no takers for the technology in the district, the woman self-help group involved in producing shredded plastic said. The Swadeshi Women Self-Help Group, with ₹3.75 …

War on Waste: Recycling and why you're almost certainly wasting your time rinsing it
7 years, 9 months ago

War on Waste: Recycling and why you're almost certainly wasting your time rinsing it

ABC  

Once a fortnight we diligently wheel our recycling bin to the kerb, and then probably give ourselves a pat on the back while thinking of all the useful products we have helped to create, and the resources and energy we have saved. A recent confidential report compiled for four regional councils in Victoria found that only 29 per cent of …

One year after ban, plastic continues to have a free run
7 years, 10 months ago

One year after ban, plastic continues to have a free run

The Hindu  

A year after the government banned the use of single-use plastic in the State, the lack of viable alternatives or proper enforcement has meant that traders and restaurateurs continue to use it indiscriminately. Market handles small-value transactions of ₹20 to ₹30, traders dispense products in the cheapest, low-quality plastic bags,” he said. Polythene bags Even in HSR Layout, which was …

Trash from packaging of online products poses threat
8 years, 11 months ago

Trash from packaging of online products poses threat

China Daily  

Workers sort packages at an express delivery firm in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province. But as the nation of more than 1.3 billion people increasingly shops online, casting off a huge amount of plastic bags and paper boxes, "garbage mountain, garbage sea" comes to mind. Last year, with a total of 20.67 billion delivery parcels, the industry left behind 11 billion plastic …

Condoms, diapers to come with disposal pouches, spot fines for street littering
8 years, 11 months ago

Condoms, diapers to come with disposal pouches, spot fines for street littering

India TV News  

New Delhi: Now condoms, diapers, sanitary pads/napkins and tampons will come with pouches or wrappers that would ensure their proper disposal. Under the revised rules, the environment ministry has called on manufacturers or Brand Owners or marketing companies of sanitary napkins and diapers to explore the possibility of using all recyclable materials in their products and providing a pouch or …

Recycling unit makes rapid strides
9 years, 9 months ago

Recycling unit makes rapid strides

The Hindu  

The district administration would take steps to source orders for the plastics recycling unit run by a federation of self-help groups at Manamedu near Thottiyam, Collector K.S.Palanisamy has said. The unit was established by the District Rural Development Agency in 2012 for recycling plastic wastes and it is being run by a federation comprising members of 10 women’s self-help groups. …

Four new debris recycling plants for Delhi by year-end
9 years, 9 months ago

Four new debris recycling plants for Delhi by year-end

The Hindu  

Choked by construction and demolition waste, the Capital is set to get some respite from its alarming levels of pollution with the operationalisation of four C&D debris recycling plants by the end of this year. The Public Works Department is going to set up three C&D debris recycling plants in Delhi, each of which will have a minimum installed capacity …

“Don’t throw away that empty chips packet”
10 years, 1 month ago

“Don’t throw away that empty chips packet”

The Hindu  

What do you do with the empty packets of biscuits and chips after eating them? “So far, we were buying plastic wastes for road laying purpose. Since last week, we have been collecting household plastic wastes from the 11 divisions of the zone for road work where we have environment clearance,” said S. Elangovan, assistant commissioner, Zone XIV. “By starting …

Plastic recycling unit awaits government nod
11 years, 9 months ago

Plastic recycling unit awaits government nod

The Hindu  

A pilot plant to process used plastic material is sought to be set up in the city soon. The Centre for Bio-Polymer Science and Technology, affiliated to the Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology, is awaiting nod from the government to open an incubation centre to provide training to people in recycling of plastics. It will be possible for …

Despite ban, plastic bags add to Delhi's pile of waste
11 years, 10 months ago

Despite ban, plastic bags add to Delhi's pile of waste

India TV News  

New Delhi, May 12: Delhi generates over 583 metric tonnes of plastic waste annually, a majority of which are plastic bags despite a ban on their use by the city government. “Delhi generates 583 metric tonnes of plastic wastes annually,” said officials, adding that the plastic waste is generated mainly by plastic bags.In 2009, the Delhi government, exercising provisions of …

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