Plastic Pollution

Terming the axing of trees in Aarey Colony as shameful and disgusting, Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday tweeted that the Mumbai Metro 3 officials should be posted in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) to destroy terror camps rather than trees. In…

JOHANNESBURG (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The fear that climate change will worsen inequality in South Africa - with only the rich able to afford enough water, food and safely-located housing - is a rising concern for Cape Town-based teenage activist Zoe Pr…

Lilly Satidtanasarn, the 12-year-old taking on plastic pollution in Thailand

Single-use utensils are on the out, if you haven't noticed the recent mass shunning of evil plastic straws. Bars, cafes and restaurants around the world are taking steps to reduce the amounts of waste they generate, and plastic waste is enemy number one than…

The Clean Kundapur Project (CKP), a peoples initiative to raise awareness about plastic pollution and marine conservation in and around Kundapur town, has brought out a three-minute music video against plastic pollution and has uploaded it on YouTube. Address…

The newest prototype, which sailed to the middle of the Pacific Ocean in June, is now capturing large pieces of plastic trash—and huge “ghost nets” littered by fishing boats, a major hazard for marine life—along with microplastics as small as 1 millimeter, th…

Stickers are visible on the players’ right-hand sidearm. (Twitter) India is celebrating the Swachch Bharat Diwas on Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday today on October 2. It is the father of the nation’s 150th birth anniversary and Union sports minister Kiren Rijiju …

In a noteworthy initiative to effectively involve local community in the campaign against single-use plastic in Bhadrachalam, the authorities have launched WhatsApp numbers (6281026297 and 9397924433) to receive complaints regarding selling of plastic carry b…

Last week, The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) revealed the winners of this year’s Environmental Photographer of the Year awards, highlighting images that turn an unblinking eye on man’s impact on the environment in ways bo…

Girlguides are warning parents to cut down on clingfilm as they launch a war on plastic waste in the UKs biggest ever girl-led campaign.  Almost half a million Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Rangers and volunteers across the UK are coming together to tackle pla…