To curb the mountain of single-use plastic waste, India has banned 19 single-use plastic items within effect from July 1, 2022. The country has prohibited the manufacturing, import, storage, distribution, sale, and use of certain objects that include plastic sticks, invitation cards, gift wrappings, plastic
The highly endangered yet social Asian elephant resides in matriarch-led groups. Besides food found in the wild, such as grass, bark, roots, and leaves of trees, jumbos also enjoy food cultivated by humans like bananas and rice. Sadly, they are also consuming dangerous substances sprayed
To control the increasing plastic pollution in the country, the Union Government of India has decided to ban all units of single-use plastic, including expanded polystyrene and polystyrene. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), a government body under the Ministry of Environment, issued a list
Even though I don’t like plastic, the convenience this non-biodegradable material has offered since its invention over a century ago cannot be denied. And I get the hypocrisy, as we all – even though people advocating the shedding of plastic – use it inadvertently and
You know what baffles me the most is how humankind creates tonnes of problems for itself and then looks at other living things to help resolves those crises. Take plastic pollution for instance. The non-biodegradable material has infiltrated every inch of the planet, from the
The single-use plastic bottles are one of the main trash sources in many public areas and beautiful national parks. Around 40 percent of the yearly plastic waste in the environment is due to single-use plastics and packaging materials. To ensure that plastic waste doesn’t ruin
Plastics have become so prevalent around us that there are hardly any places where you cannot find their presence. Since Malaysia is the world’s largest plastic waste importer since 2017, it’s a big issue for the country to reduce plastic that’s impacting the environment, as
Recently, a four-member sub-committee of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) of the Government of India inspected the Jhuriwala forest area in Haryana that’s been turned into a garbage dumping site. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change sent the panel to verify the objections
Since its discovery, plastic has dominated almost every aspect of human life from takeout containers, plastic bags to clothes and food packaging. Little did we know back then about how it would affect our health and the environment. However, the reality today has struck us
During the lockdown, Yuki Murakami realized how much waste he produced every day; which made the student at Nagoya College of the Arts, Japan, decide to stop this everyday use of plastic products. He further made up his mind to convert the already existing or