NEWS - Plastic Waste Ban and Recycle
August 2020
Tired of Plastic? These Businesses Have Ideas for You
July 2020
Plastic 'has entered' Antarctic terrestrial food chain
Amazon eliminates single-use plastic in packaging in India
During the pandemic, strides made over the last year in dealing with single-use plastic have suffered a setback
Banned plastic makes a comeback
1 lakh km of road built using plastic waste, govt aims to double it
NIGERIA: Dow launches ReflexNG project for plastic waste management
June 2020
Plastic waste – an uphill battle
A project to clean the sea, coast
Pact for better plastic waste management inked
Plastic 'has entered' Antarctic terrestrial food chain
May 2020
Central pollution board bans all PoP idols; plastic, thermocol can't be used to make idols.. Read more
April 2020
March 2020
No single-use plastic bags in New York ... Read more
Eco-Friendly IIT Gandhinagar Campus All Set To Become 100% Plastic Free ... ... Read more
$2.7M CRC grant to help Bondor transform plastic waste into prefab products... Read more
Watch | India's plastic waste crisis ... Read more
Manufacturers to recycle 45pc of plastic bottles ... Read more
A trail of plastic waste ... Read more
Canada is asking for more time to enact a promised ban on shipping plastic waste... Read more
‘No-waste’ Japanese village is a peek into carbon-neutral ... Read more
‘Plastic that travels 8,000 miles: the global crisis in recycling ... Read more
Even Just Opening a Plastic Bottle Releases Microscopic Pollution, Study Shows... Read more
‘Turning plastic waste into sustainable wax, oil, solvents ... Read more
February 2020
Rural landscape in Himachal to become free of plastic waste soon ... Read more
Locals say aye to plastic shredders ... ... Read more
America’s 'recycled' plastic waste is clogging landfills, survey finds ... Read more
Take your plastic waste back: Tiruchi Corporation tells FMCGs ... Read more
Telling Numbers: Bottles, bags and other plastic packages South Asians consume ... Read more
Using straws and mineral water bottles again pose health risk! Here’s why ... Read more
January 2020
Thai shoppers find creative alternatives after plastic ban. See pics ... Read more
At Delhi’s Garbage Cafe you can exchange plastic waste for meals. Here’s all you need to know ... Read more
The plastic polluters won 2019 – and we're running out of time to stop them ... Read more
Compostables not substitute for plastic bags ... Read more
Company Collects 80% of City’s Recyclable Plastics and Turns It All into Lumber ... Read more
An 'Interceptor' for plastic waste ... Read more
Plastic waste and recycling: France among EU’s ‘poor performers ... Read more
Delhi Gets Its First Garbage Café Where Plastic Waste Can Be Exchanged For Meals ... Read more
MCC ropes in startup to make plastic pavers from waste ... Read more
Exchange plastic waste for compost at Composters Expo- 2020 in Hyderabad ... Read more
How China plans to phase out single-use plastics by 2025 ... Read more
China Upended the Politics of Plastic and the World Is Still Reeling ... Read more
Call for plastic-free environment ... Read more
December 2019
FROM THE FIELD: India’s plastic waste revolution ... Read more
Guidelines on plastic management ready, to be rolled out in six months: Govt ... Read more
450 kg of plastic waste collected at Chhota Udepur fair ... Read more
Plastic waste to be used for National Highways ... Read more
Eat meal, pay in plastic. Odisha’s waste management scheme wins Internet ... Read more
Sixth plastic bank set up in Doon ... Read more
Coimbatore corporation to recycle seized plastic to build roads ... Read more
Roadmap needed to tackle plastic pollution in the city ... Read more
Here’s where your plastic goes: Inside marine species ... Read more
How Bisleri is using its 'Bottles for Change' initiative to encourage people to recycle plastic ... Read more
Why is black plastic packaging so hard to recycle? ... Read more
November 2019
Inocycle turns trash into treasure as public awareness of plastic waste grows ... Read more
New Odisha initiative: Meal in exchange for plastic waste ... Read more
Ahmedabad: When plastic waste turns into fuel ... Read more
No plastic, please ... Read more
The inspiring way to recycle your plastic lids ... Read more
India bans single use plastic on ships in domestic waters ... Read more
Use of single-use plastic needs to be minimised, but the larger problem also needs to be attended to ... Read more
Mani Vajipey: How India's local recyclers could solve plastic pollution|TED Talk ... Read more
Indian Railways takes noteworthy eco-friendly steps! Electrification to plastic ban & solar power; top 5 moves ... Read more
GSPCB lab to certify plastic alternatives ... Read more
US recycling event is cover for enormous volume of plastic pollution, say critics ... Read more
UNEP report warns plastic policies lagging behind in South-East Asia ... Read more
Australian scientists may have discovered solution to our plastic recycling problem ... Read more
UK taking back 42 containers of plastic waste from Malaysia after being 'illegally shipped' ... Read more
Recycling isn’t working – here are 15 ways to shrink your plastic footprint ... Read more
Dead deer with 7kg of plastic in stomach found in Thailand ... Read more
SUPERMARKETS SHOULD RAISE 'BAG FOR LIFE' PRICE TO 70P, AS PLASTIC WASTE INCREASES, SAY GREENPEACE ... Read more
Better plastic waste handling can address eco concerns: Telangana and Andhra Plastic Manufacturers Association ... Read more
Firm fined Rs 1 lakh for burning plastic waste ... Read more
TMC looks to rag-pickers, scrap merchants, NGOs to help reduce plastic waste ... Read more