Only if we could drink ‘plastic water’, we had plenty of it to drink not just in India, but globally. The whole world is talking about scarcity of water and how the drinking water will not be available in another 200….500.. 1000 years. Wasting water is one issue, but wastage ... Read More »
It is quite surprising as how the plastic bottles and broken plastic that we throw in our dustbins becomes part of recycling process and ultimately comes back to us in the shape and form of a finished product. Something that we throw as part of waste becomes means of livelihood ... Read More »
There always has been a view point that burning plastic helps us in the reduction of waste and this is a reason that about 12% (756 Million Metric Tonnes) of plastic waste generated in this world is burnt. However, have we ever wondered the hazardous impact that plastic burning has? ... Read More »
60% of the plastic-waste collected and segregated gets recycled while the balance 40% adds to plastic pollution. Ultimately, what we do at an individual level will make the difference. Interestingly, The Business city, Bombay has taken a major step towards arresting pollution. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), has already set up ... Read More »
The Change begins with ME and soon becomes WE – actually just a flip of putting the foot down… A small plastic straw might be something that comes with most beverages that we order, like juice and soft drinks. Remember how many times you have kept the straws aside and ... Read More »
Most plastic bottles produced end up in landfill or in the ocean. Reusing plastic bottles can reduce the demand for new ones to be created. Plastic water bottles have a significant carbon footprint, with the amount of water going into making a bottle being up to 5-6 times of what’s ... Read More »
Water makes up to 71% of the Earth’s surface, the other 29% consists of continents and islands. The oceans hold about 96.5 percent of Earth’s water. But, even such volume of water is affected by plastic waste. Plastic in the ocean threatens the natural habitat of the marine life, disrupting ... Read More »
The oceans contain large numbers of particles of biological origin, including, for example, living and dead plankton organisms and their faecal material. These so-called biogenic particles interact with each other and often form lumps, or scientifically correct aggregates, many of which sink down in the water column. In addition to ... Read More »
Plastics are cheap, lightweight and long-lasting. For these same reasons, plastics waste in causing major environmental problems around the globe. Researchers from Colorado State University in the US discovered a polymer with many of the same characteristics we enjoy in plastics, such as light weight, heat resistance, strength and durability. ... Read More »
5/3/2018 – Nawaplastic Industries (Saraburi), a subsidiary of Thailand’s Siam Cement Group (SCG) has registered to purchase an additional 29.51 percent stake in Vietnamese plastic producer Binh Minh Plastic JSC (BMP). The 29.51 percent stake in BMP represented by 24 million shares previously offloaded by Vietnam’s sovereign wealth fund State ... Read More »
