Environment

August 20, 2018

Plastic pollution: ‘Stop flushing contact lenses down the loo’

Researchers in the US have been investigating the final journeys taken by disposable contact lenses. They found 15-20% of US users simply flick these fiddly lenses down the drain via the bathroom sink or toilet. The Arizona State University study suggests that much of the plastic material then ends up in waste water treatment plants. The lenses are consequently spread on farmland as sewage sludge, increasing plastic pollution in the environment. Around 45m people wear contacts in the US, while rates in other countries

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August 18, 2018

The Producer Pays

In recent years, the concept of extended producer responsibility (EPR) has caught on, first in Europe in the 1990s and since then in the rest of the world, including the U.S. The concept is relatively simple: Companies that make consumer goods are given responsibility for managing their products and packaging at their end of life. The concept, as the Journal of Cleaner Production points out, is to turn what was formerly waste “into the ‘food’ for industry and the next

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August 7, 2018

Everyday plastics emit greenhouse gases: study

Plastic used in everyday objects from bottles to packaging emit greenhouse gases when exposed to sunlight, according to a study released on August 1, as global concern about its impact on the world’s oceans grows. Plastic pollution has come under increased scrutiny from environmentalists as the scale of the problem has become clear – this year it emerged that a giant island made up of plastic waste in the Pacific Ocean was far larger than thought. Now scientists have discovered that

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July 27, 2018

Origin of Microbeads

Next time, You see a body scrub with a shiny and velvety look, please remember, if it does not say natural exfoliating products, it is nothing but all plastics in the bottle of cosmetics. Microbeads are plastic particles that are between 1mm and 1 micron in size and are found in all ranges of cosmetic products today. Microbeads came into existence during the World War II after the natural rubber was in short supply and extensive research was being developed

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July 27, 2018

Bathing with Plastics

Are we bathing with plastics? Next time You use facewash and see Polypropylene, Polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene methacrylate on any of the Products please understand, You are bathing with Microbeads and Please be beware You are adding Microbeads to the Oceans, Waterways and to Nature. As per NOAA, Microbeads are plastic particles that are between 1 mm and 1 micron in size and can be very harmful to the ocean and aquatic life. Birds, Aquatic Oceans can think of Microbeads as

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July 19, 2018

Call of the Hour is : GREEN DOT

  When you buy Food in Europe, Please Beware of  the Green Dot on the item. It is different from the Green Dot thta is used for marking vegetarian food in India. Green Dot as many people have seen on the food packaging in India is very different from the financial symbol that is used on the packaging material in around 146 countries of the world. Der Grune Punkt or The Green DOT is a packaging symbol telling users that the

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July 19, 2018

Bakey’s edible cutlery is Narayana Peesapaty’s solution to save the environment from plastic pollution

Narayana Peesapaty’s phone rings incessantly. Taking a break from the calls he says, “Enquiries about the product and machinery keep me busy all day. Even while I am at the factory, my staff and I get very little time to do any other work. ” Some of these phone calls are to congratulate Peesapaty for the Swachh Bharat Award, which he received on June 23 from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the occasion of World Environment Day. Apart from the congratulatory

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July 6, 2018

Delhi Is The Largest Contributor To India’s 25,940 Tonnes Of Plastic Waste Every Day And Govt Is Just Sitting Idle

On World Environment Day, observed on June 5 each year, India will host “Beat Plastic Pollution” — an event in association with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in New Delhi. But beyond the veil of rhetoric, Indian cities are dirty and most of these generate thousands of tonnes of plastic waste daily which not only pollute the land but also choke our oceans.   Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), a statutory organisation, which keeps an eye on pollution, said in its 2015 report

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July 6, 2018

Packaging solutions: Reduce, recycle & don’t reuse

Consumer goods companies across beverages, processed foods and alcohol have begun exploring alternative packaging solutions, including glass, to reduce use of plastic on mounting concerns over plastic waste, and possible bans by more state governments after Maharashtra. While companies such as Pepsi-Co, Cremica Food Industries, and Allied Blenders and Distillers consider increased use of glass in packaging, they feel adopting collaborative technology to recycle waste is the best way to  .. Read more at: //economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/64848893.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

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