Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and the Built Environment, University of Portsmouth Plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. Over 100 million ...

Every year, 400 million tons of plastic products are produced worldwide, half of which are single-use items discarded within a year. In particular, non-biodegradable plastic waste, which takes over ...

Coimbatore: Environmentalists have raised concerns over the immersion of Ganesha idols made of Plaster of Paris (POP) and other non-biodegradable materials in natural water bodies.The Madras high ...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The Chinese island province of Hainan will ban the production, sale and use of all single-use non-biodegradable plastics by 2025 in a bid to ease pollution, state media reported, ...

Shimla: Taking note of the environmental concerns, the state govt has issued a notification prohibiting the use of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles up to 500 ml in all indoor official meetings ...