Vidya Chandana on Sunday stressed the need to create widespread awareness among people on effective plastic waste management ...

Photo Credit: @ janardhanhavanje/ Instagram There is a staggering amount of plastic waste — an estimated 2.6 million tons — floating around our oceans right now. India's government recently took steps ...

Waste management capacity expansion key to curb plastic pollution: Ocean Cleanup founder ...

Panaji: Stating that the Deposit Refund Scheme (DRS) will not resolve Goa’s plastic waste problem, the Waste Management Association Goa (WMAG) demande.

NEW DELHI — India banned some single-use or disposable plastic products Friday as part of a federal plan to phase out the ubiquitous material in the nation of nearly 1.4 billion people. For the first ...

India’s environment ministry notified the new solid waste management (SWM) rules of 2026 on January 27, superseding the 2016 ...

Worldwide plastic waste totals more than 57 million tons a year, with India creating more than any other country, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers found that ...

Governments and companies have signed pledges and bans to limit plastic waste. Recycled packaging could eventually supplant virgin plastic production. Innovative waste-management systems work to ...

Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid ...

The government announced plans to roll out rules requiring at least 30% recyclable PET in bottles by April last year.

A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected ...