Tag: Plastic Waste

A team of veterinary doctors, led by district veterinary surgeon Dr Kiran Kumar Bisoyi operated on the six-year-old cow for around three hours after it was rescued, they said.

Mandaviya also flagged off 19 mobile food testing vans (Food Safety on Wheels) to supplement the food safety ecosystem across the country taking the total number of such mobile testing vans to 109.

To regulate the use of plastic, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change came up with draft Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2021, which proposes a ban on the manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale, and use of specific single-use plastic from January 1, 2022.

New Delhi: Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday the government was trying to ensure better management of electronic waste but the implementation was tardy. “The government is trying to understand to ensure better management of e-waste, but things are not rushing and moving fast at the ground level,” Vardhan said here at the […]

London: A solution to the global problem of plastic waste is in sight as researchers have discovered that the larva of wax worm has the ability to degrade plastic — which is incredibly resistant to breaking down. The researchers believe that the findings, published in the journal Current Biology could help devise a biotechnological solution […]

Bhubaneswar: After ban on Single Use Plastics (SUPs) in all urban settlements of the State, the State government will soon extend the prohibition to all rural areas by October 2, 2020. Sources said, a discussion regarding this was held during a high level meeting under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary of Odisha Asit Tripathy. […]

Koraput: In an effort to raise awareness about the perils of using plastic, the Kotpad Notified Area Council (NAC) in Koraput district is providing free meals to the poor in exchange for a kilogram of plastic waste. The programme, which started on Monday, entails a meal for anyone who brings a kilogram of used polythene […]

Berhampur: Ganjam District Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange slapped a penalty of Rs 1 lakh each on two liquor outlets in Berhampur after finding plastic glasses and bottles junked outside the shops on Monday night while carrying out a surprise inspection near Berhampur railway station. Expressing his dissatisfaction over littering of the non-bio-degradable wastes in the […]

Bhubaneswar: Plastic is energy and we just need to dispose it at the right place so that it is recycled and reused for ensuring a clean and green environment. To ensure that students play a crucial role in this regard, special plans have been drawn up by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to keep the city […]