Plastic waste largely choked drainage flow in 32 wards in Vijayawada
6 months, 2 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 city’s drains and prevented floodwater from receding. The drainage system, already burdened by urban encroachments and the unremoved water hyacinths in Budameru from Velagaleru to Hamsala Devi, could not handle the added load of plastic waste. Reducing plastic use and improving waste management can prevent such disasters.” NGOs are calling for immediate government action to clean up the flood-affected areas and prioritise long-term solutions to combat plastic pollution.

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HC expresses concern over proliferation of plastic bottles in Kerala
3 weeks ago

HC expresses concern over proliferation of plastic bottles in Kerala

The Hindu  

Highlighting the dangers posed by proliferation of plastic bottles, the Kerala High Court orally stated that plastic water bottles must be avoided at marriage functions across the State. The court observed that small plastic water bottles were causing significant environmental damage and hastened to add that plastic materials must be avoided at all official functions. It has also been observed …

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 …

How to tackle plastic pollution and reduce plastic waste
3 months, 1 week ago

How to tackle plastic pollution and reduce plastic waste

India Today  

Plastic pollution is one of the most significant environmental problems our world is facing today. By making small efforts in our daily lives, everyone can contribute significantly to reducing plastic waste. SMALL ACTIONS TO TACKLE PLASTIC POLLUTION Reduce the use of straws, plastic cutlery, and bottled water. This small habit encourages responsible waste management and when consistently followed, this habit …

Millions of tons of plastic foul the world around us
4 months ago

Millions of tons of plastic foul the world around us

Associated Press  

On a Philippines beach, barefoot children jumped and played on shoals of plastic washed ashore in previous typhoons. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print People store various waste materials in plastic sacks for sorting out in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn …

'Seize Plastic Items Having Less Than 120 Micron Width', Meghalaya HC Issues Directions To Govt Until Plastic Substitutes Are Developed
4 months ago

'Seize Plastic Items Having Less Than 120 Micron Width', Meghalaya HC Issues Directions To Govt Until Plastic Substitutes Are Developed

Live Law  

While hearing a Public Interest Litigation seeking a complete ban on single-use plastic in the State, the Meghalaya High Court issued directions to the State Government to be followed until plastic substitutes are fully developed and implemented in the market. Mukerji and Justice W. Diengdoh directed the State Government to follow the following policy: " to issue administrative orders or …

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 …

Plastic piles up at pilgrimage site, residents urge HR, CE to take action in Dharmapuri
5 months, 1 week ago

Plastic piles up at pilgrimage site, residents urge HR, CE to take action in Dharmapuri

New Indian Express  

DHARMAPURI: Over the past few years, the key pilgrimage site of Theerthamalai temple have witnessed an increasing footfall of tourists and devotees, which has resulted in plastic waste piling up in the hilly forest region in Harur taluk of Dharmapuri. They also voiced concerns that the accumulating plastic could affect animals in the area and alleged that there are very …

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 …

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, …

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 …

In Lucknow’s waste-side story, plastic peril paints grim picture
11 months, 1 week ago

In Lucknow’s waste-side story, plastic peril paints grim picture

Hindustan Times  

The plastic menace is a giant of a problem towering over Lucknow, cocking a snook at the ban on the use of single use plastic and posing a serious health hazard as modernisation and consumerism disturb the environmental equilibrium. The Chowk Nala area, which lies behind the famous Bada Imambara, is covered in plastics Nearly 300 metric tonnes of plastic …

Volunteers head off plastic waste crisis by removing tons of rubbish from Hungarian river
1 year, 7 months ago

Volunteers head off plastic waste crisis by removing tons of rubbish from Hungarian river

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. Research cited by a 2023 United Nations Environment Programme …

Call to protect environment by imposing curbs on use of plastic
1 year, 9 months ago

Call to protect environment by imposing curbs on use of plastic

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Energy and environment minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy has called for protection of the environment through curbs on use of plastic. The minister was taking part in a programme marking World Environment Day under the aegis of the AP Pollution Control Board here on Monday. With regard to solar power generation, we got investments worth RS 9 lakh crore for …

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 …

Focus on plastic goods, not on general garbage in Vizag
2 years, 7 months ago

Focus on plastic goods, not on general garbage in Vizag

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Ever since the GVMC focused attention on making Vizag a plastic-free city -- from June – the civic body is ignoring the presence of garbage heaps across the city. “We appreciate the efforts of GVMC in controlling the menace of plastic through awareness campaigns like SMS services reminding citizens about the ill effects of plastic. Stray dogs and pigs …

Cups, straws, spoons: India starts on single-use plastic ban
2 years, 8 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 …

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 …

Migratory animals are 'most vulnerable' to plastic pollution, microplastics finds UN Asia-Pacific regional report
3 years, 6 months ago

Migratory animals are 'most vulnerable' to plastic pollution, microplastics finds UN Asia-Pacific regional report

Firstpost  

Researchers cited estimates that 80 percent of the plastic that ends up in the oceans originates on land – with rivers thought to play a key role in carrying debris out to sea. From endangered freshwater dolphins drowned by discarded fishing nets to elephants scavenging through rubbish, migratory species are among the most vulnerable to plastic pollution, a UN report …

Ganga is Full of Micro-Plastics Causing Toxicity for Environment, Finds a Study
3 years, 8 months ago

Ganga is Full of Micro-Plastics Causing Toxicity for Environment, Finds a Study

News 18  

The Ganga river is polluted with multiple kinds of plastic, with the highest concentration at Varanasi, and micro-plastics samples being found at Haridwar, Kanpur and Varanasi, a new study by Toxics Link has found. The study, ‘Quantitative analysis of Micro-plastics along River Ganga’, that was released by Delhi-based NGO Toxics Link on Thursday, said the river water was found to …

Death by Plastic: Climate Activist Builds Funeral Pyres Out of Bottles to Highlight Pollution
4 years, 3 months ago

Death by Plastic: Climate Activist Builds Funeral Pyres Out of Bottles to Highlight Pollution

News 18  

Do you think twice before tossing a disposable water bottle you bought at a tourist spot? Basing his newest art installation on these 26 kgs, climate change activist Aakash Ranison, who went viral last year for his marine cemetary in Kerala, has come up with the idea for his latest exhibition. Spending over four months in Rishikesh, Ranison along with …

Need to study plastic pollution in rivers: Researcher
5 years, 1 month ago

Need to study plastic pollution in rivers: Researcher

India TV News  

Plastic pollution is an emerging environmental threat and a comprehensive study needs to be conducted on its accumulation in Indian rivers, estuaries and coastal waters, a senior researcher here said. Senior scientist Mahua Saha of Goa-based CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography made the observation in a paper presented during the 'National Workshop on Microplastics Pollution' at New Delhi. However, the plastic …

Revisiting India's performance in managing its forest, water, plastic waste in 2019
5 years, 2 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 …

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 …

Hyderabad: Dewatered lakebeds reveal plastic pollution
5 years, 8 months ago

Hyderabad: Dewatered lakebeds reveal plastic pollution

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The dewatering of city lakes has unveiled all the plastic that has been dumped into the water bodies, as large swathes of the lakebeds were found to be covered with plastic. The corporation has managed to construct diversion ducts at all the dewatered lakes and has successfully diverted the upstream contaminated water into downstream water bodies. Due to the …

Plastic waste swamping UK rivers, with one waterway more polluted than Great Pacific Garbage Patch, report says
5 years, 9 months ago

Plastic waste swamping UK rivers, with one waterway more polluted than Great Pacific Garbage Patch, report says

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 British rivers are so polluted with waste almost all samples contain microplastics, and one is …

Rajahmundry: Despite ban, plastic waste is still a major headache
6 years, 5 months ago

Rajahmundry: Despite ban, plastic waste is still a major headache

Deccan Chronicle  

Rajahmundry: Despite the ban in force on the use of plastic items like carry bags, bottles and other things, civic authorities found huge quantity of plastic water bottles and cool drink bottles dumped in underground drainage. Sanitation workers had a tough time trying to clear up the garbage and facilitate the free flow of sewage in drains in the city. …

Plastic on a loom at Pune-based Aarohana Ecosocial Developments
6 years, 5 months ago

Plastic on a loom at Pune-based Aarohana Ecosocial Developments

The Hindu  

Lines of freshly-washed plastic bags flutter in the breeze in Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli’s Bonta village. These accessories are the result of a three-year initiative undertaken by Amita Deshpande and Nandan Bhat of Aarohana Ecosocial Developments, Pune. Select markets Talking about how their products have evolved, Bhat says interns from NIFT, Chennai and Mumbai, Srishti Institute of …

Plastic bag ban criticised as 90 per cent of plastic waste comes from rivers in Asia and Africa
6 years, 8 months ago

Plastic bag ban criticised as 90 per cent of plastic waste comes from rivers in Asia and Africa

Daily Mail  

A shocking study has revealed 90 per cent of the world's plastic waste comes from just 10 rivers in Asia and Africa. Scroll down for video China's Yangtze River was the worst polluter, and ferries some 1.5 million tonnes of plastic into the Yellow Sea every year, the study found. THE 10 MOST POLLUTING RIVERS Yangtze East China Sea Asia …

World Environment Day: Plastic water pouches banned in Gujarat's Rajkot from 5 June
6 years, 9 months ago

World Environment Day: Plastic water pouches banned in Gujarat's Rajkot from 5 June

Firstpost  

Plastic water pouches will be banned on public roads, gardens and government offices from Tuesday, coinciding with the World Environment Day. The theme for this year’s World Environment Day is “Beat Plastic Pollution”. Rajkot: Plastic water pouches will be banned on public roads, gardens and government offices from Tuesday, coinciding with the World Environment Day. The state government, to mark …

Bizman on padayatra to save Medaram from plastic
7 years, 2 months ago

Bizman on padayatra to save Medaram from plastic

Deccan Chronicle  

Warangal: A 36-year-old businessman and nature lover, Kolipaka Prakash, has embarked on a 100-km march from Kazipet to Medaram with a message to save Medaram from pollution caused due to the use of plastic during the biennial fair held from January 31 to February 3. I wish to appeal to the people to celebrate the jatara in an eco-friendly way,” …

Plastic pollution crisis: Four things you can do to help protect the environment
7 years, 2 months ago

Plastic pollution crisis: Four things you can do to help protect the environment

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. But it’s also because the Chinese government has recently imposed quality restrictions on the import of recyclable materials, in …

Plastic is in MORE THAN 80% of tap water around the world
7 years, 6 months ago

Plastic is in MORE THAN 80% of tap water around the world

Daily Mail  

More than 80 per cent of the world's tap water is contaminated with plastic, new research reveals. More than 80 per cent of the world's tap water is contaminated with plastic, research reveals SCOTLAND LAUNCHES A DEPOSIT SCHEME FOR PLASTIC BOTTLES TO CURB LITTER Ministers are under growing pressure to curb the plastic bottle menace after Scotland announced a new …

Plastic and Pollution: It's time to ditch plastic
8 years, 4 months ago

Plastic and Pollution: It's time to ditch plastic

India Today  

This year in January, the World Economic Forum released a report that said: by the year 2050, oceans will have more plastic waste than fish. The report also said that every year, at least 8,000 million kilograms of plastic leak into the ocean, which is equal to dumping the contents of one garbage truck into the ocean, every minute. Some …

The menace of plastic waste
10 years, 1 month ago

The menace of plastic waste

The Hindu  

If there is one type of municipal solid waste that has become ubiquitous in India and most developing countries, and largely seen along the shores and waterways of many developed countries, it is plastic waste. Besides estimating the total quantity, a paper published recently in the journal Science has identified the top 20 countries that have dumped the most plastic …

Plastic base roads: panchayat finds new way to deal with plastic
13 years, 2 months ago

Plastic base roads: panchayat finds new way to deal with plastic

The Hindu  

A campaign that started as a lake-cleansing exercise is now turning out to one that is spearheading new methods of plastic waste management. The reason for the ‘purification drive’ owed its origin to the unfortunate phenomenon of fish, clam and other aquatic life being regularly trapped and killed in plastic waste dumped in the lake. Beginning on November 17, the …

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