LEEDS: An international agreement to end plastic pollution is due to be sealed this year in Busan, South Korea. At the penultimate round of negotiations, held in Ottawa, Canada, Rwanda and Peru proposed a target to cut the weight of primary plastics produced worldwide by 40% by 2040, compared with 2025. This is the first time that a limit on the production of plastic has been considered at the UN talks aiming to develop an international legally binding instrument to

PILIBHIT: Police personnel along with social volunteers and school children launched a cleanliness drive in Pilibhit city on Friday, to combat garbage disposal at public spaces.Several police personnel, including SP Avinash Pandey, ASP Vikram Dahiya, CO Deepak Chaturvedi, and over 150 constables participated in the drive along with 115 students from Goswami’s Moms Pride School’.They collected scattered polythene and litter from ancient ‘Ma Yashwantari temple’ campus.The SP informed that the next

Panaji: The Goa State Pollution Control Board will now charge industries to issue compliance certificates. The fees for authorisation to handle different types of waste has also been hiked by the board.The board receives applications from industrial units registered with it, requesting to issue quarterly certificates for compliance of imports and compliance certificates.Until now, no fees was being levied for their issuance. The board has proposed to levy a fee of Rs 5,000 for everycertificate.The GSPCB has now also revised

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LONDON: At least 3,000 more chemicals are in plastics – from food packaging to toys to medical devices – than previously estimated by environment agencies, a report published on Thursday found, raising questions over pollution and consumer safety. While the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) had previously identified around 13,000 plastic chemicals, the report by a team of European scientists found more than 16,000 chemicals in plastics – a quarter of which are thought to be hazardous to human

DEHRADUN: During a conference organised by the Uttarakhand Council for Science and Technology in collaboration with the Eco Group society on Wednesday, experts emphasised the need to address the lack of source segregation system and enforce the ban on single-use plastic in order to improve the city’s ranking in Swachh Survekshan 2024. Dehradun had secured the 68th rank in 2023, up from 69th position in 2022.Experts also highlighted the need for more collection centres and safe incineration units to manage

PUNE: A drive through NH-48, or Mumbai-Bengaluru highway, is an eyesore for all with garbage — be it torn pillows, construction debris, discarded bathroom fixtures, stale food or abandoned two-wheelers — being dumped along it.Thousands using the highway expect the civic body to tighten security and find ways to monitor and catch those dumping waste along the highway.Bavdhan resident Mangesh Narkhedkar said it was mostly the commuters who dumped the waste on the highway while passing by. “People throw every

A video of a sub-adult tiger cub picking up a discarded plastic bottle from a waterhole and walking away with it has gone viral on social media. Filmed by Deep Kathikar, a wildlife photographer, the video was shot in the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in Maharashtra where plastic is actually prohibited. This incident has once again highlighted the need to curb plastic waste in protected forests and encourage responsible tourism. ‘Keep your

CHENNAI: Beaches in Besant Nagar, Ennore and Kovalam will get better facilities at an estimated 100 crore, while the famous sands at the Marina in Chennai and Marakkanam beach in Villupuram district will be enhanced to get Blue Flag certification which will mean more facilities for visitors.Finance minister Thangam Thennarasu during his Budget speech on Monday said govt is taking significant steps to develop beaches in Tamil Nadu to international standards.”In the first phase, Blue Flag certification has been obtained