Delhi has registered the highest number of complaints (634) on the Central Pollution Control Board’s app concerning the ban on 19 single-use plastic items that came into effect on July 1, 2022, according to the Centre for Science and Environment’s annual State of Environment report. However, only 59% of these complaints have been resolved four … Read more
Up to 75% of everything brown bears eat comes from garbage, which means that their frequency of scavenging is much higher than eating wild plant matter, crops, and even hunted sheep,”
Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav told Lok Sabha that the government does not currently have any proposals under consideration to extend the scope of the ban on single-use plastics. Minister Yadav’s response was in response to a question from MP Umesh G Jadhav on details of the proposed expansion, if … Read more
More than seven out of 10 people support the issuance of mandatory standards in countries to end plastic pollution, showed a survey of 23,000 respondents in 34 countries, released this Wednesday the 23rd by the World Wide Fund for Nature or WWF and Australia-based environmental organization Plastic Free Foundation. Recycling plastic packaging The survey “is … Read more
The plastic problem has an origin and this is focused on a handful of those responsible. According to the Plastic Waste Makers Index, 20 companies are the ones that produce more than half of the single-use plastic items discarded globally. The study names companies that are at the forefront of the plastic supply chain and … Read more
As of July 1, 2022, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has implemented a nationwide ban on certain single-use plastic (SUP) items. Plastic banned in India Carrying forward the spirit of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsava’, the country is taking a definitive step to curb the pollution caused by dumped and unmanaged plastic waste. … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: 8 million tons of plastics; India has a plastic waste problem, generating 26,000 tons per day, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of 2019. If we travel to the northeastern state of Assam, specifically Pamohi, we find that people burn plastics to keep warm in the … Read more
