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The Centre has notified the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules 2018. The amended Rules lay down that the phasing out of Multilayered Plastic (MLP) is now applicable to those MLP, which are non-recyclable, non-energy recoverable, or with no alternate use. Environment Ministry in a release said, the amended rules also prescribe a central registration system […]
INDIANAPOLIS (WXIN/CNN) — According to a family friend, the mother of a 26-year-old woman with special needs says her daughter died of natural causes months before her body was found packed in a plastic tote inside a U-Haul van. Police say U-Haul employees were doing inventory on their trucks Wednesday when they found the body […]
LOS ANGELES (CN) — A federal class action filed late Thursday accuses food and beverage giant Nestle of misleading consumers about the quality of its Pure Life bottled water, which a recent study found contains high levels of microplastics. The 20-page complaint filed in Los Angeles says the Switzerland-based company “intentionally, negligently and recklessly concealed […]
Theresa May will call on Commonwealth countries to ban single-use plastic and microbeads this week when she chairs the largest summit in British history. The prime minister will announce that Britain is investing £61.4m to tackle the scourge of marine plastic pollution and urge the other 52 leaders to sign up to a global crusade […]
The widespread use of plastic presents an interesting dilemma. A ubiquitous product, on the one hand it is utilised universally, across communities and industries, in electronic products and appliances, packaging, furniture, aviation, the automotive sector, machinery, and even life-saving products in healthcare amongst various other diverse sectors. On the other hand, it is single-handedly responsible […]
Humans have dumped so much trash in the ocean between California and Hawaii that this area–known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch–is now three times the size of France. But it’s far from the only part of the ocean that has been overwhelmed with detritus. According to Cyrill Gutsch, founder of the environmental startup Parley […]
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Friday refused to stay the Maharashtra government’s ban on plastic. A division bench of Justice Abhay oka and Justice Riyaz Chagla however batted for common citizens found in possession of banned plastic items, the court asked the state not to launch prosecutions against individual persons for three months. The […]
Environmentalists say the food giant’s latest policy to address the growing plastic pollution problem is unclear and lacks bite. No clear targets, no timeline, and no additional efforts to help facilitate recycling by consumers. This was how environmental group Greenpeace described global food and beverage company Nestlé’s announcement on 10 April that it aims to […]