Page 5 - Plastic Pollution

Masks, gloves, PPEs and the plastic conundrum we need a solution to

The plastic ban in India, which had just started to take effect, has been substantially derailed given current needs and with enforcement systems looking the other way.

Govt plans increase in thickness of polyethylene bags to 125 microns

Plastic processors say that is much thicker than global standards

Urban Indians averse to single-use plastics, 78% want complete ban: Survey

In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had expressed his concern on single-use plastics

Single-use plastic: The world may be drowning in it but can we ban it?

Listen to Jyoti Mukul and Ankur Bhardwaj as they discuss the questions surrounding a blanket ban on single-use plastics in this special Business Standard podcast

India set to outlaw six single-use plastic products on October 2: Report

India lacks an organised system for management of plastic waste, leading to widespread littering across its towns and cities

Ban on single-use plastic to have little impact on jobs in the industry

Overall employment in the sector makes up just one month's addition to the Indian workforce; larger issue is getting the low-income user to adopt friendlier albeit costlier alternatives

Over 1,21,000 mt of plastic waste being slyly imported into India: Report

Expressing concern over the growing import, the study said it may hamper the efforts to control plastic pollution

Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik wins People's Choice Award in US

He won the People's Choice Award for his sand sculpture 'Stop Plastic Pollution, Save Our Ocean'

Coca-Cola, Infosys and other companies pledge to beat plastic pollution

Infosys has pledged to make its campuses non-recyclable plastics-free by 2020