Why is most plastic not recycled?

Explained: Why is most plastic not recycled?

Despite the widespread belief that recycling plastic can help alleviate the issue of pollution, only nine percent of plastic is actually recycled worldwide, with the rest ending up in landfills, including oceans, causing detrimental marine pollution. This global issue is exacerbated by the United States, which generates the most plastic pollution and recycles a mere … Read more

Pollution: Plastic consumption could double by 2050

Pollution: Plastic consumption could double by 2050

Plastic consumption in G20 countries could nearly double by mid-century unless a treaty is made for new global policies to reduce its use, says research published Monday by the Back to Blue initiative. The report, led by experts from Economist Impact and the Nippon Foundation, reveals that without any policy intervention to boost recycling or … Read more

How plastic waste is on track to almost triple by 2060?

How plastic waste is on track to almost triple by 2060?

The advancement of a report to be published later this year shows that unless the measures against plastic are resounding, this type of contamination will reach worrying levels in the next three decades. According to a new report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), by 2060 the amount of plastic waste generated … Read more

No Proposal to expand single-use plastic ban: Govt

No Proposal to expand single-use plastic ban: Govt

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

How Great Bubble Barrier is keeping plastic out of sea?

How Great Bubble Barrier is keeping plastic out of sea?

In the municipality of Katwijk, the Netherlands, an innovative system called the Bubble Barrier has been implemented, in which a “curtain” of air bubbles is placed along a channel to remove plastic debris from the water. Although the project launched in 2019 is only a small-scale test at the moment, the nonprofit group behind the … Read more

107.45 tonnes of waste dumped in landfills daily in Nagaland

107.45 tonnes of waste dumped in landfills daily in Nagaland

Nagaland generates 282.43 tons of waste every day, of which only 102 tons are processed, of which only 285.49 TPD is collected, while only 122 TPD is treated and 7.5 TPD is landfilled. Waste dumped in Nagaland According to the annual report on solid waste management (2020-2021) of the Delhi Central Pollution Control Board, it … Read more

Seven out of 10 people support global rules to end plastic pollution

Seven out of 10 people support global rules to end plastic pollution

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

Cop27: world needs a target of 0% plastic waste by 2040

Cop27: world needs a target of 0% plastic waste by 2040

The United Nations is urged to make a bold promise and set a target of zero for new plastic pollution by 2040 in its upcoming Global Treaty to End Plastic Pollution. Plastic production and subsequent pollution are key drivers of climate change, the focus of discussion at COP27 in Egypt this week. call for zero … Read more

Why Recycling plastic is practically impossible?

Plastic Recycling declines even as Plastic waste increases

Most plastic simply cannot be recycled, a new report from Greenpeace USA concludes. Circular Claims Fall Flat Again, published today, finds that US households generated an estimated 51 million tons of plastic waste in 2021, of which only 2.4 million tons were recycled. The report also finds that no type of plastic packaging in the … Read more