8 Jan, 2007
Drive against plastic bags results in seizures
Times of India, Rajkot, India, RAJKOT
As part of its cleanliness and environment awareness drive, officials of the Rajkot Municipal Corporation seized 20 kg of prohibited polyethylene bags from four different vegetable markets of the city. The official also fined a hospital for dumping medical waste in a public dustbin. According to an RMC notification, inferior quality polyethylene bags below 20 micron thickness are not allowed to be used with within city limits, but vegetable vendors frequently use them and pollute the city.
Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Monday, January 22, 2007
Friday, December 29, 2006
CRAFTY: Sweet bag
Frankly, I don't know what a Samina bag is, but this is a super cute handbag, made by a women's cooperative in India of old plastic bags!29 December 2006
India doesn't go for total ban
18 December 2006
Govt rules out complete ban on plastic bags
Sahara Samay, New Delhi, India
The Government today refused putting a blanket ban on usage of plastic bags in the country but noted that certain categories of plastic bags are prohibited...
Govt rules out complete ban on plastic bags
Sahara Samay, New Delhi, India
The Government today refused putting a blanket ban on usage of plastic bags in the country but noted that certain categories of plastic bags are prohibited...
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Kerala India Ban
Kerala bans plastic items less than 50 micron thickness
Dec 13, 2006
http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=65926
Kerala News , Thiruvananthapuram, India
In an attempt to check environmental pollution, Kerala cabinet today decided to ban the use of plastic bags, bottles and cups with thickness less than 50 microns in the state...
Dec 13, 2006
http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=65926
Kerala News , Thiruvananthapuram, India
In an attempt to check environmental pollution, Kerala cabinet today decided to ban the use of plastic bags, bottles and cups with thickness less than 50 microns in the state...
Plastic Free Zone
Time to tackle the plastic menace
Dec 12, 2006
http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/12/stories/2006121217050200.htm
by Shyama Rajagopal, The Hindu, Kerala, India
Declaring a place or an institution as `plastic-free' has come to be a primary step taken by the people in the drive against plastics.
The use of plastic carry bags has become one of the biggest problems as people use these bags, as they are very handy. Anything and everything is carried in a plastic bag. It will be hard to take plastic bags out of people's lives.
Dec 12, 2006
http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/12/stories/2006121217050200.htm
by Shyama Rajagopal, The Hindu, Kerala, India
Declaring a place or an institution as `plastic-free' has come to be a primary step taken by the people in the drive against plastics.
The use of plastic carry bags has become one of the biggest problems as people use these bags, as they are very handy. Anything and everything is carried in a plastic bag. It will be hard to take plastic bags out of people's lives.
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Biodegradable plastic bags?
Is there really such a thing as a biodegradable plastic bag? Apparently there are some imposters out there. It's more complicated than it first seems - biodegradable vs. "totally degradable" vs. photo-degradable. I'm still confused:
Warning: Misleading claims being made to fool you!
Nov. 1, 2006
http://www.badlani.com/blog/2006/11/01/warning-misleading-claims-being-made-to-fool-you/
Norquest Bags Blog, Ahmedabad, India
What exactly are biodegradable plastic bags? You can be forgiven for believing that they would be bags that will do you and your environment no harm at all. But there’s too much dishonesty and sophistry being practiced in the areas of recycling and biodegradability.
Unfortunately some people are passing off photo-degradable bags as biodegradable....
One of the comments to this mentioned another website as a source of more info on the ways plastic can degrade: http://www.degradable.net./how/index.shtml
Warning: Misleading claims being made to fool you!
Nov. 1, 2006
http://www.badlani.com/blog/2006/11/01/warning-misleading-claims-being-made-to-fool-you/
Norquest Bags Blog, Ahmedabad, India
What exactly are biodegradable plastic bags? You can be forgiven for believing that they would be bags that will do you and your environment no harm at all. But there’s too much dishonesty and sophistry being practiced in the areas of recycling and biodegradability.
Unfortunately some people are passing off photo-degradable bags as biodegradable....
One of the comments to this mentioned another website as a source of more info on the ways plastic can degrade: http://www.degradable.net./how/index.shtml
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Plastic bags banned in Bombay
Plastic Bags not only use up fossil fuels, release CO2, and kill sea turtles, they cause serious clogs in municipal drainage systems:
Plastic bags banned in Bombay
8/26/05
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9085301/
State officials tie flooding that killed 1,000 to clogged gutters
"The western Indian state of Maharashtra on Friday said it is banning most plastic bags, blaming them for choking drains and causing floods a month ago that left more than 1,000 people dead, most in Bombay..."
Plastic bags banned in Bombay
8/26/05
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9085301/
State officials tie flooding that killed 1,000 to clogged gutters
"The western Indian state of Maharashtra on Friday said it is banning most plastic bags, blaming them for choking drains and causing floods a month ago that left more than 1,000 people dead, most in Bombay..."
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