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Plastic Pollution News

Scientifically Speaking: Plastics are inside us, but we can reduce exposure

Plastic reaches us mainly through two routes: we eat it and we breathe it. (Image sourced from Britannica)

Published 29 days ago

Strangled at sea: Inside the race to get ghost gear out of the oceans

Ghost gear traps and kills an estimated 136,000 seals, sea lions and large whales worldwide each year, according to World Animal Protection. (The Pearl Protectors)

Updated 45 days ago

Sirsa lauds ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’ workshop, calls for youth-led action

Sirsa lauds ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’ workshop, calls for youth-led action

Published 71 days ago

Delhi among worst performers in single-use plastic ban compliance: Study

Delhi among worst performers in single-use plastic ban compliance: Study

Published 111 days ago

Waste management capacity expansion key to curb plastic pollution: Ocean Cleanup founder

Waste management capacity expansion key to curb plastic pollution: Ocean Cleanup founder

Published 142 days ago

Pollution check: Deposit Refund Scheme likely to be implemented in Goa from April

Pollution check: Deposit Refund Scheme likely to be implemented in Goa from April

Updated 166 days ago

₹68 lakh in fines, but plastic pollution, public littering still a menace

To curb plastic pollution, LMC issued 2,324 challans and collected <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>40.21 lakh from them between April and December 16. (File)

Published 209 days ago

Why the UN Environment Assembly is essential to a safer, more resilient planet

Recent UNEP data show emissions continue to rise as the impacts of global environment and climate challenges are accelerating and growing ever more extreme. We see it in record heatwaves, disappearing ecosystems, and toxins in our air, water and soil. (PTI)

Published 215 days ago

Doctor reveals disturbing link between microplastics and how humans age

Microplastics are everywhere - even inside your body!

Published 266 days ago

Norway ready to support India in tackling natural disasters: Norwegian Ambassador

Norway ready to support India in tackling natural disasters: Norwegian Ambassador

Updated 272 days ago

‘We need to rethink how we govern our oceans’

Ranganathan’s interdisciplinary approach — which takes into account international law as well as history, political economy, indigenous community efforts, and lessons learnt from the ills of colonialism — recently won her the prestigious Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award, endowed with €1.5 million. (Maurice Weiss / Ostkreuz)

Updated 305 days ago

Man finds intact jaljira packet from 1997 while fixing pipeline. Watch

An Instagram video showed a 1997 jaljira packet found intact.

Published 312 days ago

Imagining a modern society free of plastic

Nearly every discussion on environment-related matters has faced the problem that the plastics treaty has encountered in Geneva. A clash between collective global imperative and the vested interests of certain powerful nations has proved nearly impossible to resolve (AP)

Published 327 days ago

The lessons for India from the plastics treaty

While the need for a Plastics Treaty is widely accepted, most countries refused to commit to binding global targets to reduce plastic production. (AFP)

Published 329 days ago

IITM researchers develop agri-waste-based packaging solution to cut plastic use

IIT Madras has developed an agriculture waste-based packaging material that can eliminate the use of plastic in packaging. (HT file)

Updated 346 days ago

New dimensions to high stakes plastics negotiations

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Published 347 days ago

Int'l Plastic Bag Free Day 2025 | How young Delhiites are fighting plastic

Some environmentally-conscious residents of Delhi-NCR are stepping up to tackle the plastic problem at hand.

Published 376 days ago

The hidden cost of menstrual waste

Menstruation is a normal physical and biological change in the body and there should be no social stigma attached to it.

Published 400 days ago

Ecostani: Health of our oceans should be prioritised

A man shows plastic pellets, that have been washing ashore ever since a Liberian-flagged container ship MSC ELSA 3 sank off the Kerala coast, on ‘World Environment Day’, at Kovalam beach, in Thiruvananthapuram, Thursday, June 5. (PTI)

Published 400 days ago

Experts flag threat of plastic pollution in oceans

Plastic in oceans is among the biggest threats to marine life in India, a global survey involving marine scientists has said. A total of 58 ocean experts from 19 countries participated in the survey. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published 403 days ago

CM Sukhu flags off cycle run on World Environment Day, urges people to make Himachal plastic-free

Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu today flagged off a cycle run from Oak Over, Shimla with the aim of eliminating plastic pollution on the occasion of World Environment Day. (HT Photo)

Published 404 days ago

World Environment Day: Noida citizens unite for Yamuna’s revival

Attendees also vowed to protect the Yamuna, reduce plastic usage, and commit to continuous efforts for river cleanliness, underscoring the urgency of sustained civic action in view of escalating environmental challenges. (HT Photos)

Published 404 days ago

Tackle plastic pollution on all fronts

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Published 404 days ago

The plastic crisis in our forests

Plastic crisis

Published 404 days ago

From plate to gut: The silent threat of microplastics

Microplastics enter the food chain through various pathways

Updated 405 days ago

What needs to be done to end plastic pollution

This World Environment Day, there is an urgent need for the citizens of the world to come together and agree on ways to end plastic pollution, including by phasing out single-use plastics (Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

Updated 405 days ago

How dangerous is plastic for your heart? Doctor reveals the truth

The connection between plastics and heart disease may not yet be household knowledge, but as per a doctor, evidence is mounting. (Freepik)

Published 419 days ago

India highlights plastic phase-out resolution

Shopkeepers using plastic bags after banning plastics at Bandra in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday , June 27, 2018. (/HT Photo)

Published 439 days ago

No small PET water bottles from June 1 in Himachal

To tackle plastic pollution and promote sustainable practices, the Himachal government makes car dustbins mandatory from April 29 and bans small pet bottles from June 1. (HT File)

Published 447 days ago

Your clothes are shedding bits of plastic. Here’s what people are doing about it

A Cora Ball, a laundry ball that can be tossed into the washer to cut down on clothes banging into each other, is tossed into the washing machine.

Updated 447 days ago

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