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Twenty firms responsible for over half of all global single-use plastic waste

New research has revealed for the first time that just twenty companies are responsible for producing more than half of all the single-use plastic waste in the world. This marks an enormous contribution to the vast majority of the plastics pollutants in landfills, oceans, and the environment in general. The comprehensive new analysis published by …

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Climate strike: Students protest across India

The youth climate strike hit India once more yesterday, with students missing school to protest for their future across Delhi, Mumbai and Kochi among other cities.  “We know climate crisis is real, it’s a fact and not a myth or a belief,” 29-year-old Mumbai-based climate activist Pooja Domadi told CNN. “We’re having multiple events through …

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Modi launches single-use plastic campaign

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has again appealed for India to end the use of single-use plastic for the good of the environment.  Attending an event in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, Modi joined a group of trash collectors and sorted through waste with them, separating plastic from other refuse. The day saw the launch of a ‘Swachata …

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Single-use plastic ban announced on six products

A ban on six single-use plastic products is being put in place as part of the Centre’s ongoing war on plastic pollution and quest for an India free from the menace of plastic pollution.  From October 2nd, plastic bags, cups, plates, small bottles, some sachets, and straws will be prohibited from being imported, manufactured, sold, …

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Recycling plastic into diesel: A novel approach

Recycling is one of the main ways we are encouraged to limit our output of plastic waste. In Dehradun, the Council of Scientific Research’s Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP) is taking a somewhat novel approach to the practice by converting plastic waste into diesel oil. A plant for this purpose has been established at the …

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Plastic ban calls in the face of an environmental crisis

One of India’s leading youth politicians has called for a plastic ban to be enacted. “The need of the hour is to ban production, usage and sale of plastic,” proclaimed Aditya Thackeray, who leads the youth wing of the Shiv Sena political party. In an earlier tweet, Thackeray said “banning production, use and sale of …

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Plastic import ban comes into effect in August

In March this year, the Indian government announced a measure to curb pollution — banning the importation of waste plastic. This policy will come into force from August. The measure was suggested following similar policies being implemented in China in order to curb the amount of plastic waste imported from other nations, particularly those in …

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