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Your favourite chewing gum might be hiding tiny plastic pieces, say scientists

Published on Mar 26, 2025 08:35 IST

Chewing gum may release microplastics, raising concerns about pollution and health effects, researchers warn.

Cause and Effect: Importance of the humble straw in the fight against pollution

US President Donald Trump on February 7 criticised paper straws, vowing "back to plastic". (AFP Photo)

Updated on Mar 10, 2025 06:32 IST

Trump says he'll sign executive order to reverse Biden's paper straws initiative

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (not pictured) at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 7, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura

Published on Feb 7, 2025 17:57 IST

Study finds 4-5 paper clips worth of microplastics in human brain tissue

Plastic pollution now a human health crisis, study warns of brain impact.

Published on Feb 6, 2025 06:54 IST

'Forever chemicals’: The new-age Pandora’s Box

Microplastics are tiny plastic particles, less than 5mm in size, formed from the breakdown of larger plastics or produced for industrial use. (HT PHOTO)

Published on Feb 6, 2025 05:22 IST

Doctors being trained to tackle health issues due to excessive microplastic use

Microplastics are tiny plastic particles, less than 5mm in size, formed from the breakdown of larger plastics or produced for industrial use. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Dec 25, 2024 23:36 IST

Hidden dangers of tea bags: Scientists warn of huge amounts of microplastics

Commercial tea bags release millions of microplastics when in use. (Representative pic: Freepik)

Published on Dec 25, 2024 06:40 IST

Plastic production to hit 1.1 billion tons by 2050: Experts warn of health risks

Microplastics found in human body raise alarms over health risks.

Updated on Dec 23, 2024 06:03 IST

‘We’re using plastic wrong’: Meet the man who coined the term microplastics

(Photo courtesy University of Plymouth)

Updated on Dec 21, 2024 13:35 IST

Paying with plastic: How microplastics are changing our world

(Adobe Firefly)

Updated on Dec 21, 2024 18:01 IST

Brazil heron takes flight after plastic cup removed from throat | Photos

A heron with a plastic cup stuck through its throat stands on the banks of Morto river, in Rio de Janeiro.

Published on Dec 16, 2024 05:31 IST

Nations fail to agree on plastic-pollution treaty; committee to meet next year

Committee chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso during the fifth session of the INC in Busan.

Published on Dec 1, 2024 17:09 IST

Draft text for binding plastic pollution treaty released

The treaty is seen as crucial for addressing fossil fuel usage globally, as plastics primarily derive from fossil materials. (PTI)

Updated on Nov 30, 2024 01:36 IST

Draft text gives peek into global plastic pollution treaty shaping up in Busan

The text has a number of options including a “no article” option for scope of the instrument. (Jyoti Mathur-Filipp | Official X account)

Updated on Nov 29, 2024 08:34 IST

India seeks ‘scope’, ‘principles’ of treaty on plastic phase-out

The Indian delegation said the new instrument must draw the mandate on scope from the resolution adopted by fifth session of United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) in 2022, in order to address plastic pollution.

Updated on Nov 28, 2024 23:24 IST

220+ industry lobbyists shape plastic pollution treaty talks, raising concerns

Climate activists march on a street to demand stronger global commitments to fight plastic waste at the upcoming fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5), in Busan, South Korea, on Monday. (REUTERS)

Updated on Nov 27, 2024 18:15 IST

India suggests funding proposal for plastic phase-out

India’s proposal suggests that parties under the agreement, shall establish a mechanism for providing financial and technical assistance, including the transfer of technologies to developing countries from developed countries. (AFP PHOTO)

Updated on Nov 27, 2024 24:04 IST

UN talks on treaty to curb plastic pollution open in Busan

Participants attend at the opening ceremony of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in Busan, South Korea, on Monday. (AP)

Published on Nov 25, 2024 16:19 IST

MCG to target single-use plastic across Gurugram

MCG commissioner Ashok Kumar Garg at the meeting with sanitation department officials on Wednesday (HT Photo)

Updated on Nov 14, 2024 24:56 IST

Diwali deadline for admin to make Ggm a cleaner city: Rao Narbir Singh

Haryana cabinet minister Rao Narbir Singh at a meeting along with Gurugram deputy commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav and city police chief Vikas Arora in Gurugram on Friday. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Oct 20, 2024 24:28 IST

India’s plastic crisis: The hidden emissions choking the country

Mumbai, India. July 26, 2024: Plastic and other waste on Mahim beach after high tides. Throughout the monsoon season, trash thrown into the sea is repeatedly washed ashore by waves from the Arabian Sea. July 26, 2024. (Photo by Raju Shinde/HT Photo)

Published on Sep 12, 2024 12:44 IST

India emerges as the largest plastic polluter globally

Waste collection is a major problem in India.

Published on Sep 5, 2024 10:20 IST

Apex court raises alarm over plastic waste in water bodies

A bench of justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti emphasised that without a unified effort from authorities and the cooperation of the public, any attempts to address illegal constructions and improve water quality in rivers, including the Ganga, will remain “illusory.” (Getty Images)

Updated on Aug 7, 2024 04:06 IST

Pollution causing significant environmental degradation, harming aquatic life: SC

The Supreme Court. (HT PHOTO)

Published on Aug 6, 2024 10:39 IST

Bridge to Busan: The ultimate session in Busan needs to reflect ambition

The prominence of ‘plastic’, a material that was once invented for convenience and utility, has now shifted from innovation to pollution (pic for representation)

Updated on Jun 10, 2024 18:43 IST

Will microbes bring an end to the plastic disaster? The answer could be X-32

The world produces some 430 million tonnes of plastic per year. (pic for representation)

Published on May 7, 2024 02:30 IST

India advocates consensus-backed moves to end plastic pollution, not a voting-based approach

A prop depicting a water tap with cascading plastic bottles is displayed by activists near the Shaw Centre venue of penultimate negotiations for the first-ever global plastics treaty, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on April 23. (REUTERS)

Updated on Apr 30, 2024 23:36 IST

India seeks plastic pollution agreement via full consensus

India seeks plastic pollution agreement via full consensus

Updated on Apr 28, 2024 01:24 IST

Spike in fossil fuel lobbyists at UN talks to cut plastic pollution: CIEL

Activist Dianne Peterson places a sign on a public art installation outside a United Nations conference on plastics on April 23 (AP)

Updated on Apr 25, 2024 16:09 IST

Plastic—a slow poison threatening humanity and the planet: Experts

Plastic—a slow poison threatening humanity and the planet: Experts (pic for representation)

Published on Apr 23, 2024 02:56 IST

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