PLASTIC POLLUTION
Fuelling change
Three city-based NGOs get together to overhaul the plastic disposal system in Mumbai.
Maharashtra plastic ban: Restaurant delivers food in steel lunch boxes
As part of the initiative taken by the restaurant, the customers are asked to return boxes after the delivery.
Amazon sends buyer single bag of dog food wrapped in 150 air-filled plastic pouches
Jools Bullingham filmed daughter pulling out chain of pouches from large cardboard box, prompting disgust from family.
Pollution control board calls for banning single-use plastics
Single-use plastics are used only once before they are thrown away or recycled.
India has set example by committing to beat plastic pollution: UN
The event was organised by New Delhi Social Workers Association and the United Nations Environment Programme.
EU delegation to India to organise series of evnts on World Environment Day
In this year's theme, a conference on sharing best practices on plastic waste management will be held on June 1 at Vigyan Bhawan.
Scientists create plastic-eating enzyme
The substance is based on an enzyme which was first produced by bacteria living in a Japanese recycling center.
A sea of plastic
Plastic pollution is poisoning oceans, endangering marine life and ecosystems, thus, affecting health.
Scientists create plastic-eating enzyme
The production of this enzyme allowed a research team to produce something capable of digesting plastic more effectively.