Plastic waste

EPR includes selection of raw material and design to manufacture a product (AP)

Government plans to put companies using plastic on the radar

2 min read . 02 Oct 2019

A ragpicker collects used plastic bottles from a long-distance train, in Mumbai. (PTI)

Government looks to junk plastic water bottles

2 min read . 01 Sep 2019

This picture taken on March 14, 2019 shows compacted aluminium cans at a waste centre in the town of Kamikatsu, Tokushima prefecture. - Plastic, paper, metal? In Japan's Kamikatsu, sorting rubbish isn't that simple. Residents face a mind-boggling 45 separate categories for their garbage as the town aims to be 'zero-waste' by 2020. (AFP )

Getting to zero: The Japan town trying to recycle all its waste

3 min read . 16 Jun 2019

Govt bans import of solid plastic waste by SEZs, EOUs

Govt bans import of solid plastic waste by SEZs, EOUs

1 min read . 06 Mar 2019

Working with the Break Free From Plastic movement, Greenpeace said it orchestrated 239 plastic clean-ups in 42 countries around the world, which resulted in the audit of 187,000 pieces of plastic trash. Photo: AFP

Coke, Pepsi, Nestle top makers of plastic waste: Greenpeace

1 min read . 09 Oct 2018

Bengaluru, known as the ‘Silicon Valley of India’ generates over 5,000 metric tonnes of garbage every day. Photo: Arijit Sen/HT

Bengaluru hosts its first Plog Run to create awareness against use of plastic

2 min read . 02 Oct 2018

European commission first vice president Frans Timmermans (L) and vice president Jyrki Katainen at a press conference on legislative measures to fight against single use plastics at the EU headquarters in Brussels on Monday. Photo: AFP

EU proposes ban on straws, other single-use plastics

1 min read . 28 May 2018

Anya Rangaswami spearheaded the Carter Road clean-up in Mumbai. Photo: Aniruddha Chowhdury/Mint (Aniruddha Chowhdury/Mint)

Anya Rangaswami: Let your efforts go to waste

3 min read . 05 Oct 2017

If current trends continue, roughly 12 billion metric tonnes of plastic waste will be in landfills or the natural environment by 2050. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

Humans turning Earth into ‘plastic planet’, study says

2 min read . 21 Jul 2017

A Pom Pom warehouse in New Delhi. Photographs: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Is it possible to live a life without plastic?

16 min read . 31 Oct 2016

Roadmap for implementing plastic, e-waste management rules proposed

2 min read . 04 Oct 2016

NGT had directed CPCB in January 2015 to devise guidelines for safe disposal of thermoset plastic waste. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint <br />

Central Pollution Control Board issues guidelines on plastic waste

2 min read . 26 May 2016

Government notifies new plastic waste management rules

2 min read . 19 Mar 2016

A minimum of 8 million tonnes of plastic, which is equivalent to one garbage truck per minute, is being leaked into the ocean every year. Photo: AP <br />

News in numbers | More plastic than fish by weight in the Oceans by 2050: report

3 min read . 21 Jan 2016

CPCB calls for action plan on plastic waste

2 min read . 21 Dec 2015

Global consumption of plastics totalled 299 million tonnes in 2013, including 21 million tonnes of polystyrene, which can be found in takeaway containers or coffee cups. Photo: AP<br />

Scientists find worm that digests plastic, degrades it into carbon dioxide

1 min read . 13 Nov 2015

According to a 2012 report by Global Industry Analysts, plastic consumption is to reach 297.5 million tonnes by 2015. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint <br />

Styrofoam-eating worms could be the answer to plastic waste crisis

2 min read . 05 Oct 2015

The reason behind the revised rules is to make waste management more effective and scientific to change the face of the country in the next three-four years and thereby achieve ‘Swachch Bharat’ (Clean India), Prakash Javadekar said. Photo: HT<br />

Revised rules on waste management by 15 July: Prakash Javadekar

2 min read . 01 May 2015

Plastics are like a cocktail of contaminants floating around in the aquatic habitat, says Chelsea M. Rochman, a marine ecologist with Uninversity of California. Photo: Reuters<br />

Full scale of plastic in world’s oceans revealed for first time

3 min read . 12 Dec 2014

A file photo of plastic waste on the outskirts of Delhi. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint<br />

Supreme Court expresses concern over plastic waste

1 min read . 19 Nov 2014