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
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
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
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
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
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
(OECD), by 2060 the amount of plastic waste generated worldwide will triple; about half will go to landfill and less than a fifth will be recycled. In Global Plastics Outlook: Policy Scenarios to 2060, a paper to be released in full by the end of the year, it is argued that unless radical steps are … 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
