Plastic Waste

Polyester recycling: Sector largely informal; home furnishing makers in Panipat, Delhi found flouting norms Downcycled products made at Panipat factories cannot be recycled again; are sent to landfills or burned at the end of their…

India ‘getting more mature' in plastics recycling A push for extended producer responsibility policies for plastic waste in India will be a boon for plastics recycling, according to companies at Plastindia 2023. "India will be getting…

India generates 3.6 lakh million tonnes plastics waste, 50% of it recycled SYNOPSIS The minister also said that the number of registered plastic waste processors under Plastic Waste Management Rules is 1,419. All developed and…

In Brazil favela, skateboards made of bottle caps promote recycling Each colorful skateboard is made of some 500 plastic bottle caps that are crushed, melted, placed into a mold and then baked in an industrial pizza oven. Each one takes…

Women's Day 2023: Meet Babita Gupta, Bihar's recycling shero set to receive award from President This award will boost the confidence of people who use waste as a 'resource' and a source of income. Solid and liquid waste management is…

Will We Soon Be Using New-Gen Fuels Made From Recycled Plastic Waste? As we move to reduce the amount of CO2 emissions, one avenue being seriously explored by many players is that of renewable fuels for internal combustion engine vehicles…

Recycled Plastics Packaging Need Major Overhaul to Gain Confidence of Food Industry: Top Polymer Scientist Taking a step towards plastic waste management and increasing the use of recycled plastic packaging, the Ministry of Environment,…

Only 5% of Plastic Waste Generated by Us Last Year Was Recycled, Report Says Americans discarded 51m tons of plastic in 2021 – of which almost 95% ended up in landfills, oceans or scattered in the atmosphere Only 5% of the mountains of…

India Generates 3.6 Lakh Million Tonnes Plastic Waste, 50% of It is Recycled Around 34.7 lakh tonnes per annum (TPA) of plastic wastes was generated by India during 2019-20, Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and…