Plastic News: Plastic Latest News and Headlines Today

Jul 05, 2019 15:49

Plastic waste has been found even in the earth’s deepest spot during a record-breaking dive by American explorer Victor Vescovo read more

Use of plastic is widespread, the civic body has still not started fining errant customers, BMC squads in charge of raiding shops have virtually disappeared from the streets.

Year after ban, Mumbai’s civic body fails to reduce use of plastic

Jun 21, 2019 00:52

Use of plastic is widespread, the civic body has still not started fining errant customers, BMC squads in charge of raiding shops have virtually disappeared from the streets. read more

Manufacturing, sale and trading of plastic bags measuring less than 50 microns are banned in Delhi.

Pollution body seizes 28,000 kilos of plastic

Jun 20, 2019 04:23

Manufacturing, sale and trading of plastic bags measuring less than 50 microns are banned in Delhi. read more

Many restaurants and hotels in the city are replacing plastic straws with more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives.

Eateries wage war against plastic, say yes to green cutlery

Jun 12, 2019 09:26

Many restaurants and hotels in the city are replacing plastic straws with more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. read more

A study published in the journal Scientific Reports, found that the islands were littered with 238 tonnes of plastic, despite being home to around 500 people.

414 million pieces of plastic washed ashore, found on remote islands in Indian Ocean

May 17, 2019 16:42

A study published in the journal Scientific Reports, found that the islands were littered with 238 tonnes of plastic, despite being home to around 500 people. read more

A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the ECI, the CPCB and the environment ministry to convene a meeting regarding the issue preferably within a week.

Mull banning plastic for campaigning: NGT

Mar 04, 2019 23:46

A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the ECI, the CPCB and the environment ministry to convene a meeting regarding the issue preferably within a week. read more

Sixteen airports — Indore, Bhopal, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Tirupati, Trichy, Vijayawada, Dehradun, Chandigarh, Vadodara, Madurai, Raipur, Vizag, Pune, Kolkata and Varanasi — have been declared as single-use plastic free.

16 airports under AAI now free from single-use plastic

Jan 07, 2019 23:52

Sixteen airports — Indore, Bhopal, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Tirupati, Trichy, Vijayawada, Dehradun, Chandigarh, Vadodara, Madurai, Raipur, Vizag, Pune, Kolkata and Varanasi — have been declared as single-use plastic free. read more

Bizmen selling banned plastic in Mumbai may have to shut shop soon

Jan 05, 2019 23:52

The flight took off on Wednesday from Lisbon to Natale, Brazil, without a single piece of single-use plastic on board. There were no plastic cups, plastic silverware, plastic cocktail stirrer, and plastic food containers, Fast Company reported.

World’s first single-use plastic free passenger flight takes off

Dec 29, 2018 15:37

The flight took off on Wednesday from Lisbon to Natale, Brazil, without a single piece of single-use plastic on board. There were no plastic cups, plastic silverware, plastic cocktail stirrer, and plastic food containers, Fast Company reported. read more

By making catwalk-ready outfits from waste scooped off the streets of the Cambodian capital, the 24-year-old Sovannareach is now subverting that stereotype, along with a team of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender designers.

Plastic? Fantastic! Cambodian LGBT fashion designers find beauty in trash

Nov 02, 2018 17:32

By making catwalk-ready outfits from waste scooped off the streets of the Cambodian capital, the 24-year-old Sovannareach is now subverting that stereotype, along with a team of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender designers. read more

Members of an NGO collected 29 bags of liquor bottles, plastic and thermocol plates, plastic spoons, water bottles, and wafer packets, among other items which were disposed at the picnic spot by visitors.

570-kg plastic, glass trash cleared from Neral-Matheran waterfall

Oct 04, 2018 13:10

Members of an NGO collected 29 bags of liquor bottles, plastic and thermocol plates, plastic spoons, water bottles, and wafer packets, among other items which were disposed at the picnic spot by visitors. read more

The environmental pollution of water bodies is affecting our most basic condiment

Are you salting your food with plastic?

Sep 29, 2018 21:09

The environmental pollution of water bodies is affecting our most basic condiment read more

Through street plays and rallies, the students are spreading awareness about the harmful effects of polythene bags

Say no to plastic: Collegians urge shoppers in Mumbai and Konkan

Sep 16, 2018 23:39

Through street plays and rallies, the students are spreading awareness about the harmful effects of polythene bags read more

Additionally, miniature thermocol models of houses, which are traditionally offered by devotees, have been banned and the stall allottees have been asked to switch to cardboard.

Going green: Stall owners at Bandra fair to shun plastic this year

Sep 09, 2018 02:51

Additionally, miniature thermocol models of houses, which are traditionally offered by devotees, have been banned and the stall allottees have been asked to switch to cardboard. read more

Little by little, ever since it was invented, this man-made ‘wonder’ has found its way into most of the things around us. HT looks back at the pre-plastic era and draws up a timeline of our growing dependency on plastic

Plastic pile-up: What was life like before plastic was invented and how did it become so much a part of our lives?

Sep 01, 2018 19:41

Little by little, ever since it was invented, this man-made ‘wonder’ has found its way into most of the things around us. HT looks back at the pre-plastic era and draws up a timeline of our growing dependency on plastic read more