"If 800 metric tonnes of municipal solid waste is generated daily in the city, nearly 240 tonnes is plastic waste—comprising carry bags, food packets, multi-layer household plastic items ...

In most towns, benches come from the parks department or a city budget. In Gregory, they come from grocery bags. Thanks to a clever recycling initiative, Gregory has just earned its fifth eco-friendly ...

Ahead of the UNEP-hosted World Environment Day, here’s a closer look at what plastic pollution is, why it’s such a problem ...

Recycled plastic bottles can become clothing and car interiors via a process involving the Sonoco Recycling Facility and ...

Municipal commissioner Sudhir Kumar said that this would be the first time in the city when plastic will be utilised in road construction. An estimated 30 tonnes of plastic will be incorporated ...

Rorisang takes Benoni Rotary Club of Benoni Aurora president, Garth Smithard for a stroll on the easily accessible walkway, custom built to accommodate mobility aids such as walkers and wheelchairs.

Historically, I have had no remote interest in sport, but ever since reading (I was bored one day) your sports coverage in the BCT, I have become a latter-day Benoni sports fan! I especially ...

BHUBANESWAR: In absence of any major facilities to process plastic, and construction and demolition (C&D) waste in the city, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to commission a ...

Forests are essential to life as we know it. They play a vital role as carbon sinks and climate regulators, they are habitats ...

Unilever Bangladesh, the country's largest Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company, has announced to continue its commitment to collect and process 10% of Chattogram's mismanaged plastic waste ...

About 75 percent of the deaths were in Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific — reflecting growing concern about the amount of plastic proliferating in developing countries. “We think of ...

The paper linked phthalates, commonly found in plastics, to 350,000 deaths globally. But the data come with caveats. By Nina Agrawal The news made for an alarming headline this week: Research ...