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Plastic Pollution

Plastic pellets wash up on Mumbai and Palghar beaches, environmentalists raise alarm

Tabassum Barnagarwala
· Jul 27, 2023 · 08:14 pm
Why recycling plastic waste will not solve the world’s pollution crisis

Stephanie Northen, The Conversation Keiron Roberts, The Conversation Cressida Bowyer, The Conversation
· Jun 03, 2023 · 07:30 pm
Watch: This solar-powered vending machine dispenses cloth bags for Rs 10 in Hyderabad

Scroll Staff
· Apr 11, 2023 · 11:11 am
Plastic waste from India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia is overwhelming the islands of Seychelles

Noam Vogt-Vincent, The Conversation April Burt, The Conversation
· Feb 04, 2023 · 07:30 pm
Three months on, India’s ban on single-use plastic has flopped

Tanvi Deshpande, IndiaSpend.com
· Oct 04, 2022 · 01:30 pm
As India’s petrochemical industry expands, experts question how it will achieve its net zero target

Devayani Khare
· Jan 14, 2022 · 07:30 pm
How India plans to get rid of single-use plastic starting 2022

Nikhil Ghanekar, IndiaSpend.com
· Jun 19, 2021 · 01:30 pm
Recycling isn’t enough to tackle the world’s worsening plastic pollution crisis

Stephanie B Borrelle, The Conversation
· Sep 22, 2020 · 11:30 pm
Watch: India’s Afroz Shah is among CNN’s 2019 Heroes of the Year

Scroll Staff
· Dec 12, 2019 · 04:12 pm
Eco India: Could a fuel generated from plastic waste replace fossil fuels and meet our energy needs?

Scroll Staff
· Oct 27, 2019 · 08:50 am
Eco India, Episode 46: Sustainable solutions to harness the resource potential of plastic waste

Scroll Staff
· Oct 26, 2019 · 08:25 pm
Plastics: How a material that was supposed to revolutionise the future became a dreaded pollutant

Nithya Subramanian
· Oct 01, 2019 · 09:00 am
Tech innovation: Eco-friendly plastic could help combat India’s air pollution problem

Sahana Ghosh
· Aug 27, 2019 · 11:30 pm
Why Uttar Pradesh has failed to eradicate plastic waste despite three bans in four years

Kanchan Srivastava
· Jul 22, 2019 · 09:30 pm
Microplastics from homes and factories are ending up inside mussels off Chennai’s coast

Neha Jain
· Jun 27, 2019 · 09:30 pm
Plastic pollution is hurting life-giving ocean bacteria that produce 10% of the world’s oxygen

Philippa Kearney, The Conversation
· May 27, 2019 · 11:30 pm
Italy: Pregnant sperm whale found dead with 22 kg of plastic in stomach

Scroll Staff
· Apr 01, 2019 · 11:07 pm
Indonesia: Over 1,000 plastic items including flip-flops found in dead sperm whale’s stomach

Scroll Staff
· Nov 21, 2018 · 02:35 pm
To rid the oceans of plastic, we need community-level initiatives more than high-tech solutions

Rick Stafford, The Conversation
· Jul 29, 2018 · 08:30 pm
To encourage recycling of plastic, we need to change the way we value the material

Isabel Hilton
· Jul 07, 2018 · 09:30 pm