A significant study has revealed that plastic pollution from cigarettes costs $26 billion a year and China, where half of the world's cigarettes are smoked contributes around 20 per cent of that global cost.
With an objective to address the menace of plastic pollution caused during celebrations at function halls, Steel Banks are being set up involving women Self Help Groups in Khammam district.
Stating that Green India Challenge has completed five years, Santosh Kumar informed to work on the theme "Fight against plastic pollution and control its use" in the sixth year
Current efforts are focused mainly on recycling or disposing of plastic but incentives are needed to replace them with environmentally friendly options
Washington: According to a new study, plastic pollution may serve as a source for novel antibiotics in oceans. The study was published in the journal, ‘American Society for Microbiology’. Scientists estimate between 5 and 13 million metric tons of plastic pollution enter the oceans each year, ranging from large floating debris to microplastics onto which […]
United Nations/Geneva: The economic impact of cleaning up littered tobacco products fall on taxpayers, rather than the industry creating the problem and each year, this costs India about USD 766 million, the World Health Organisation said. Marking ‘World No Tobacco Day’, the global health organisation said Tuesday that every year the tobacco industry costs the […]
For the same, educational videos giving the perspective of the ones majorly suffering at the other end due to the rising pollution has been going viral in the recent times.
Founded by Mani Vajipeyajula and Rajkiran Madangopal, the startup aims to disrupt the recycling value chain via technology solutions that encourage source segregation.