Plastic Waste Management

A distressing video has surfaced on Twitter that shows garbage, abandoned tents, and plastic waste thrown at a camp on Mount Everest.

The government schools in Delhi will conduct weekly activities to phase out single-use plastic from schools and promote waste management, a circular from the Directorate of Education (DoE) said.

The UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)has hailed the West Bengal government's initiatives on solid waste management, and emphasised on the need for faecal, plastic and liquid waste control in rural areas of the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, while inaugurating several hydropower projects in Mandi, said that the government is working on plastic waste management but tourists visiting Himachal also have a huge responsibility in keeping it clean.

From taking a pledge to giving speech on innovative ideas for plastic waste managements, poster making and essay writing, the Directorate of Education (DoE) has listed various activities which will be conducted on online mode till schools are closed in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

World Oceans Day: June 8 is marked as World Oceans Day. Oceans play a major role the in the lives of people globally. Plastic pollution is a huge threat to marine life and marine ecology. Here are few facts about plastic waste management

ईकोनिल दोबारा इस्तेमाल किया जाने वाला नायलोन है जिसे एक्वाफिल नामक कंपनी बनाती है और इसका इस्तेमाल पहले से कई बड़े ब्रांड्स द्वारा किया जा रहा है.

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to inform it about coercive steps taken against e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart for non-compliance of plastic waste management rules.

Amazon and Flipkart need to fulfil their extended producer responsibility under the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 and need to establish a system for collecting back the plastic waste generated due to the packaging of their products, the Central Pollution Control Board told the NGT on Tuesday.

India, which uses about 14 million tonnes of plastic annually, lacks an organised system for management of plastic waste, leading to widespread littering. New Delhi is the world's most polluted capital, with smog causing school cancellations, flight diversions and untold health problems for its over 20 million people.

In a bid to promote plastic waste management, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has rolled out an initiative under which it will serve a meal in exchange for a half kilogram plastic waste.

India generates more than 25,000 tonnes of plastic waste everyday, 40 per cent of which remains uncollected and littered in the environment, the Centre informed the Lok Sabha today.

Ridding the country of single use plastic by 2022 will be "Clean India (Swachh Bharat) Part 2", Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Thursday, and added that the government will conduct a mega public outreach programme in the next three years to achieve the target.

To manage plastic waste, the Noida Authority has started using it in construction of a road in the city.

Union Minister Harsh Vardhan Thursday launched an anthem as a part of a campaign to make India plastic-free by 2022, and stressed on strengthening plastic waste management and recycling ecosystem in the country.

A distressing video has surfaced on Twitter that shows garbage, abandoned tents, and plastic waste thrown at a camp on Mount Everest.

The government schools in Delhi will conduct weekly activities to phase out single-use plastic from schools and promote waste management, a circular from the Directorate of Education (DoE) said.

The UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)has hailed the West Bengal government's initiatives on solid waste management, and emphasised on the need for faecal, plastic and liquid waste control in rural areas of the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, while inaugurating several hydropower projects in Mandi, said that the government is working on plastic waste management but tourists visiting Himachal also have a huge responsibility in keeping it clean.

From taking a pledge to giving speech on innovative ideas for plastic waste managements, poster making and essay writing, the Directorate of Education (DoE) has listed various activities which will be conducted on online mode till schools are closed in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

World Oceans Day: June 8 is marked as World Oceans Day. Oceans play a major role the in the lives of people globally. Plastic pollution is a huge threat to marine life and marine ecology. Here are few facts about plastic waste management

ईकोनिल दोबारा इस्तेमाल किया जाने वाला नायलोन है जिसे एक्वाफिल नामक कंपनी बनाती है और इसका इस्तेमाल पहले से कई बड़े ब्रांड्स द्वारा किया जा रहा है.

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to inform it about coercive steps taken against e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart for non-compliance of plastic waste management rules.

Amazon and Flipkart need to fulfil their extended producer responsibility under the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 and need to establish a system for collecting back the plastic waste generated due to the packaging of their products, the Central Pollution Control Board told the NGT on Tuesday.

India, which uses about 14 million tonnes of plastic annually, lacks an organised system for management of plastic waste, leading to widespread littering. New Delhi is the world's most polluted capital, with smog causing school cancellations, flight diversions and untold health problems for its over 20 million people.

In a bid to promote plastic waste management, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has rolled out an initiative under which it will serve a meal in exchange for a half kilogram plastic waste.

India generates more than 25,000 tonnes of plastic waste everyday, 40 per cent of which remains uncollected and littered in the environment, the Centre informed the Lok Sabha today.

Ridding the country of single use plastic by 2022 will be "Clean India (Swachh Bharat) Part 2", Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Thursday, and added that the government will conduct a mega public outreach programme in the next three years to achieve the target.

To manage plastic waste, the Noida Authority has started using it in construction of a road in the city.

Union Minister Harsh Vardhan Thursday launched an anthem as a part of a campaign to make India plastic-free by 2022, and stressed on strengthening plastic waste management and recycling ecosystem in the country.