Revisiting India's performance in managing its forest, water, plastic waste in 2019
5 years, 3 months ago

Revisiting India's performance in managing its forest, water, plastic waste in 2019

Firstpost  

by Bhaskar Tripathi As the year 2019 draws to a close, we take a look at how India performed in managing its forests, water and waste. Forests In the first six months of 2019, out of 240 proposals seeking diversion of forest land, the government of India only rejected seven — 98.99 percent of forest land considered for diversion was allowed to be put to non-forestry uses, as per this August 2019 analysis of the Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment, a Delhi-based advocacy. India — where 600 million people, half the population, face “high-to-extreme” water stress every year — ranked 13 on a global list of water-stressed countries in August 2016. The Narendra Modi government on starting its second term, on 31 May 2019, had declared it would bring piped drinking water to every household by 2024 under a ‘Nal Se Jal’ scheme. India generates 9.46 million tonnes of plastic waste annually — 946,000 truckloads at 10 tonnes a truck — of which 40 percent remains uncollected, as per an August 2019 study by Un-Plastic Collective, a voluntary multi-stakeholder initiative to eliminate plastic pollution and move towards a circular economy.

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Textile waste, water conservation feature in PM’s Mann Ki Baat
Top News
1 day, 13 hours ago

Textile waste, water conservation feature in PM’s Mann Ki Baat

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged Indians to lead water conservation efforts and tackle the problem of textile waste with innovative recycling, sustainable fashion, and circular economy initiatives. The PM urged the citizens to lead water conservation efforts as part of the Jal Shakti ministry’s “Catch The Rain” campaign launched in 2020. Many Indian startups have started …

PM Modi urges to conserve water, tackle textile waste
2 days, 4 hours ago

PM Modi urges to conserve water, tackle textile waste

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged Indians to lead water conservation efforts and tackle textile waste with innovative recycling, sustainable fashion, and circular economy initiatives. Modi said “many commendable efforts” are being undertaken in India to deal with textile waste. Urging to lead water conservation efforts as part of the Ministry of Jal Shakti’s “Catch The Rain” …

Engagement, enforcement required to transform waste management and sustainability
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Engagement, enforcement required to transform waste management and sustainability

India Today  

At the India Today Environment Conclave 2025, held in Bengaluru, Harsha Tej, director of GreenGarage, and Padmashree Balaram, a solid waste management practitioner and climate actioneer, shared their insights on waste management, sustainability, and policy interventions. Conducting awareness programs in schools created a ripple effect.” “When children are told about landfill sites, and how other kids living in those areas …

Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to launch year-long plastic waste collection drive across State
2 months, 1 week ago

Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to launch year-long plastic waste collection drive across State

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board is launching a year-long plastic waste collection drive. Municipal workers, volunteers, students, and local non-governmental organisations would help collect plastic waste and raise awareness of its harmful effects. As part of the drive, a baseline study on plastic usage has been planned, according to a government order issued by the Principal Secretary to the …

Chennai’s waste forecast: population growth and the 30-year waste challenge
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Chennai’s waste forecast: population growth and the 30-year waste challenge

The Hindu  

A city that has been grappling with problems in solid waste management will face mounting challenges as waste generation may triple in the next two decades. Expansion proposed In the Chennai City Partnership: Environmental and Social Systems Assessment Report, the Solid Waste Management Department proposed expansion of recovery facilities, micro-composting centres, and waste-to-energy systems such as incineration and bio-CNG production. …

Minister Seeks Support for Plastic Eradication
3 months ago

Minister Seeks Support for Plastic Eradication

Deccan Chronicle  

Kurnool: Roads and buildings and investments minister B.C. On Saturday, a rally titled "My Banaganapalle - My Health" was organised from the minister's camp office in Banaganapalle to raise awareness about the harmful effects of plastic. Indiramma, along with Nandyal Collector G. Rajakumari, SP Adhiraj Singh Rana, students, youth, activists, and local leaders, saw wide participation. Minister Janardhan Reddy highlighted …

Global plastic pollution conference INC-5 ends with major disagreements between nations
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Global plastic pollution conference INC-5 ends with major disagreements between nations

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastic pollution concluded on Sunday with major disagreements over several issues, including curbing plastic products and chemicals of concern, managing the supply of primary polymers, and a financial mechanism to help developing countries implement the treaty. On Sunday, India’s ministry of environment, forest and climate change issued a statement …

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

‘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 …

India suggests funding proposal for plastic phase-out
4 months ago

India suggests funding proposal for plastic phase-out

Hindustan Times  

India has circulated a proposal for the financial arrangement to implement a global legally binding instrument on phasing out plastic pollution, currently being negotiated in South Korea’s Busan where the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment is being held. India’s proposal suggests that parties …

Plastic Pollution in Telangana: A Mountain of Waste, a Growing Problem
5 months ago

Plastic Pollution in Telangana: A Mountain of Waste, a Growing Problem

Deccan Chronicle  

Telangana has accumulated over two million tonnes of plastic waste since 2018, with a growth rate of 29.52 per cent in plastic waste generation. The traditional paper cups at tea stalls are not all paper for they are coated with plastic. The government needs to step in and regulate plastic use more strictly and compel companies to find sustainable packaging …

Holistic Approach to India's Plastic Waste Concerns: A Call for Collective Action
5 months, 4 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
6 months, 2 weeks ago

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 …

Plastic waste largely choked drainage flow in 32 wards in Vijayawada
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Plastic waste largely choked drainage flow in 32 wards in Vijayawada

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: While torrential rains, water hyacinths, and encroachments on water bodies and canals contributed to the crisis, the unchecked accumulation of plastic waste in the city’s drainage systems emerged as a major culprit, blocking water flow in 32 wards of the city. Sanitation workers clearing floodwaters reported that plastic waste, along with bottles, discarded mattresses, and wood debris, clogged the …

India, not China, is world’s largest plastic emitter, study reports in Nature journal
6 months, 3 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
6 months, 3 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, …

The shocking extent of Earth's plastic crisis: 220 MILLION tonnes of waste are set to be generated this year - the equivalent of 650 Empire State Buildings
6 months, 3 weeks ago

The shocking extent of Earth's plastic crisis: 220 MILLION tonnes of waste are set to be generated this year - the equivalent of 650 Empire State Buildings

Daily Mail  

The shocking extent of Earth's plastic crisis has been laid bare in a new report. Experts have warned that the world is on track to generate a whopping 220 million tonnes of plastic waste this year The report comes as the world reaches Plastic Overshoot Day - the day humanity's plastic waste surpasses our capability to handle it This year …

The world is pumping out 57 million tons of plastic pollution a year
6 months, 3 weeks ago

The world is pumping out 57 million tons of plastic pollution a year

Associated Press  

The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people’s bodies, according to a new study that also said more than two-thirds of it comes from the Global South. For 15% of the world’s population, government fails to collect and dispose of waste, …

World pumps out 57 million tons of plastic pollution yearly and most comes in Global South
6 months, 3 weeks ago

World pumps out 57 million tons of plastic pollution yearly and most comes in Global South

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The world creates 57 million …

Apex court raises alarm over plastic waste in water bodies
7 months, 3 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 …

Earth Overshoot Day to focus on sustainable life
8 months ago

Earth Overshoot Day to focus on sustainable life

Deccan Chronicle  

India, with over 1.4 billion people, faces significant challenges due to population growth and increased consumption. The Global Footprint Network reports that India’s ecological footprint has grown exponentially. “Currently, India needs 2.6 times its resources to sustain its population, leading to depleted forests, reduced biodiversity, and climate change. A NITI Aayog report warns that by 2030, India’s water demand could …

Plastic mess: On India’s waste problem
8 months 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 …

Plastic solution: Beyond the Global Plastics Treaty
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Plastic solution: Beyond the Global Plastics Treaty

The Hindu  

The Global Plastics Treaty, an ambitious initiative involving at least 175 United Nations member nations to eliminate the use of plastics, concluded its fourth round of negotiations recently. The goal is to finalise a legal document by the end of 2024 with timelines by when countries must agree to curb plastic production, eliminate its uses that create wastage, ban certain …

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

Water resource inadequacy is a challenge India must take head on
1 year, 2 months ago

Water resource inadequacy is a challenge India must take head on

Live Mint  

The notion of a ‘triple planetary’ crisis encompassing climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss has become outdated in the face of complexities captured by the relatively new term ‘polycrisis.’ This modern challenge involves the intertwining of climate change, environmental disruptions, widening social inequalities, pandemic effects and geopolitical polarization. India can tap the climate-development nexus by conserving and using its water …

India is on the global frontlines of the waste crisis: Oliver Franklin-Wallis, author of Wasteland
1 year, 6 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 is moving away from single-use plastics
1 year, 9 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, 9 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 …

Environment needs our urgent attention
1 year, 9 months ago

Environment needs our urgent attention

Hindustan Times  

Today marks the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day. “World Environment Day 2023 is a reminder that people’s actions on plastic pollution matter. In 2018, as the global host of UN World Environment Day, India promised to phase out single-use plastic by 2022. As per CPCB’s 2019 annual report, “None of the states/Union territories have reported submission of annual reports …

World Environment Day: How Can India Learn From Bangladesh to Deal With Plastic?
1 year, 9 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 …

Explained | What is Biotransformation tech
2 years ago

Explained | What is Biotransformation tech

The Hindu  

E-commerce giant Amazon generated an estimated 321 million kilograms of plastic from packaging waste in 2021 alone. It claims the technology would digest the plastic packaging waste naturally with the help of microbes and biodegrade the waste without leaving behind any microplastics. India’s Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, last year in New Delhi said, the country is generating 3.5 billion kgs …

Teach waste management practises early
2 years, 1 month ago

Teach waste management practises early

The Hindu  

The transition to a circular economy depends on how individuals and organisations learn to innovate and apply what they have learned in the real world. What they can do: Stop using single-use plastics Dispose off plastic waste at designated collection points Ensure proper segregation of household wastes Adopt no-litter practices Initiate and participate in drives to remove plastic waste Promote …

Single-use plastic waste rose despite worldwide pledges
2 years, 1 month ago

Single-use plastic waste rose despite worldwide pledges

Live Mint  

Polluting single-use plastic production rose by 6 million tonnes per year from 2019 to 2021 despite tougher worldwide regulations, with producers making "little progress" to tackle the problem and boost recycling, new research showed on Monday. But while growth has slowed recently, the production of single-use plastic from "virgin" fossil fuel sources is still nowhere near its peak, and the …

Single-use plastic waste rises from 2019-2021 despite pledges
2 years, 1 month ago

Single-use plastic waste rises from 2019-2021 despite pledges

The Hindu  

Polluting single-use plastic production rose by 6 million tonnes per year from 2019 to 2021 despite tougher worldwide regulations, with producers making "little progress" to tackle the problem and boost recycling, new research showed on Monday. But while growth has slowed recently, the production of single-use plastic from "virgin" fossil fuel sources is still nowhere near its peak, and the …

Delhi: AIIMS Delhi bans use of single-use plastic in hospital premises, campus
2 years, 3 months ago

Delhi: AIIMS Delhi bans use of single-use plastic in hospital premises, campus

Live Mint  

AIIMS Delhi has banned single-use plastic items in the Hospital premises and in the campus. According to the office memorandum issued by Dr Srinivas, Director, "AIIMS New Delhi to chip in and Ban Single-Use Plastic items in the Hospital Premises and in the Campus, in accordance with plastic waste management rules and also to prohibit the sale and distribution of …

India needs a united front to fix its garbage problem
2 years, 6 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 at 75 | Stepping back from an ecological abyss
2 years, 7 months ago

India at 75 | Stepping back from an ecological abyss

The Hindu  

Growing up in the 1970s and the early 1980s, many of us who were passionate about environmental issues were inspired by these and other movements. Ironically, a component of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat is new coal mining in central India, displacing already self-reliant Adivasi communities and rendering them dependent on government and corporations. Indeed, India’s crafts …

20 tonne of seized plastic heads to Delhi’s waste-to-energy plants
2 years, 8 months ago

20 tonne of seized plastic heads to Delhi’s waste-to-energy plants

Hindustan Times  

Over 20,000 kilograms of banned single-use plastic has been seized by the 48 Delhi Pollution Control Committee and the Delhi government’s revenue department teams since July 1, when 19 SUP items were banned nationwide, has made its way to the three waste to energy plants in Okhla, Narela-Bawana and Ghazipur. Of the total plastic waste, 587 tonnes was single-use plastic, …

Enforcing the plastic ban well
2 years, 9 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, 9 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 …

Green Revolution 2.0: Starting Today, Bid Adieu to Plastic Straws & Cutlery as India Readies for Cleaner Future
2 years, 9 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 …

Single-use plastic to be banned in India from 1 July: What will be allowed and what won't?
2 years, 9 months ago

Single-use plastic to be banned in India from 1 July: What will be allowed and what won't?

Firstpost  

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change said in order to ensure an effective ban on single-use plastic products, national and state-level control rooms will be set up to check illegal manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of these items Addressing the threat caused to the environment by single-use plastic products, India is set to ban the manufacture, …

App, Control Rooms, Special Teams: India Set For Single-Use Plastic Ban From July 1
2 years, 9 months ago

App, Control Rooms, Special Teams: India Set For Single-Use Plastic Ban From July 1

News 18  

Clearing all decks, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has announced that India is set to ban manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of identified single-use plastic items, which have low utility and high littering potential, all across the country from July 1. India notified the Plastic Waste Management Rules Rules, 2021 in August last year banning …

Efforts on to contain plastic pollution off Kerala coast
2 years, 9 months ago

Efforts on to contain plastic pollution off Kerala coast

The Hindu  

As the world celebrated Ocean Day on Wednesday, the 24 fishing harbours in the State have come under the ‘Suchitwa Saagaram, Sundara Theeram’ campaign that was launched on a pilot basis at the Neendakara fishing harbour in Kollam under a State government initiative to clear the Kerala coastal sea waters and the coast of plastic waste accumulation. Sheik Pareeth, managing …

World Oceans Day 2022: Why Is Plastic Waste A Problem?
2 years, 9 months ago

World Oceans Day 2022: Why Is Plastic Waste A Problem?

News 18  

WORLD OCEANS DAY 2022: One of the major natural resources that make planet earth habitable and distinct from other planets, is water. However, oceans today face a large threat from water pollution and the menace of plastic waste. Oceans often become a dumping site for this plastic waste that ends up degrading the quality of water. Humans consume these marine …

Coastal Erosion, Toxic Rivers, Rising Water Spread: Report on India’s Environment Paints Grim Picture
2 years, 9 months ago

Coastal Erosion, Toxic Rivers, Rising Water Spread: Report on India’s Environment Paints Grim Picture

News 18  

On World Environment Day, a new report has revealed alarming facts about where India stands amid the rising global threat of climate change. Data published in the report ‘State of India’s environment 2022: In figures’ by Centre for Science and Environment states that 25 glacial lakes and water bodies in India, China and Nepal have recorded over 40 per cent …

Global plastic waste is projected to triple by 2060: OECD
2 years, 9 months ago

Global plastic waste is projected to triple by 2060: OECD

Al Jazeera  

Even with aggressive action to cut demand, plastic production would almost double in less than 40 years. According to the OECD even with aggressive action to cut demand and improve efficiencies, plastic production would almost double in less than 40 years. “Plastic pollution is one of the great environmental challenges of the 21st century, causing wide-ranging damage to ecosystems and …

India to Ban Single-Use Plastic from July 1. Here’s How Other Nations are Tackling This Danger
2 years, 10 months ago

India to Ban Single-Use Plastic from July 1. Here’s How Other Nations are Tackling This Danger

News 18  

Being one of the culprits that contribute massively to global warming, single-use plastics have been choking not just drains but lives too. By adopting effective measures and pushing for the use of alternatives, 80 countries have been successful in bringing a full or partial ban on single-use plastic. Countries like Uganda, South Africa, Malawi, Ethiopia, and Rwanda among others have …

The Jute Pursuit: Plastic Consciousness & Consumer Awareness Create Bn-dollar Opportunity for India
3 years, 5 months ago

The Jute Pursuit: Plastic Consciousness & Consumer Awareness Create Bn-dollar Opportunity for India

News 18  

From the boutiques of Christian Dior to royal wedding favours, jute is growing in popularity worldwide as demand for alternatives to plastic soars, with experts predicting the bag industry alone will be worth more than $3 billion by 2024. Billion dollar industry “India can cater to global demand but for that two things are needed: upgrading the skills of the …

IISc researchers find a way to substitute for single-use plastics
3 years, 6 months ago

IISc researchers find a way to substitute for single-use plastics

The Hindu  

According to a report by Central Pollution Control Board of India, for the year 2018-2019, 3.3 million metric tonnes of plastic waste are generated by Indians. In Delhi, for example, the air quality index dips to indicate “severe” or “hazardous” level of pollution every winter, and this is due in part to the burning of agricultural stubble in the surrounding …

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 …

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