Green firecrackers are eco-friendly; they cause 30 per cent less pollution than conventional ones. Green crackers are low-emission crackers free of harmful chemicals like sulphur nitrates, arsenic, magnesium, sodium, lead, and barium. However, green crackers cause 30 per cent less air pollution as compared to traditional ones. “Green crackers reduce emissions substantially and absorb dust and don’t contain hazardous elements …
With a few days to go for Diwali, markets across India have started selling an oxymoron: green crackers, most of which are said to cause around 30% less pollution than an average cracker. The green crackers don’t work without barium; attempts to do so, he says, were “a failure”. In March 2019, the legal counsel for PESO told the SC …
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