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Nanoplastics in human food chain
A new study published in the journal Nano Today revealed that nanoplastics travel up the human food web via plants, insects and fish. Key facts Nonplastics are plastic debris particles that are smaller than 1,000 nanometre, which is equal to one billionth of a metre. Because of their miniscule size, nanoplastics are capable of passing ..
Month: current affairs - september, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Food Chain • nano plastics • Plastic • Plastic pollution
Ban of Use of ‘Single-use plastic’
Union government has banned the use of ‘single-use plastic’ from July 1, 2022. Highlights Gazette notification was issued by Ministry for Environment, Forest and Climate Change in 2021, and announced the ban. It has now defined a list of items, that will be banned from July 2022. About single-use plastic Single-Use plastic refers to plastic ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Ban on Plastic • Plastic pollution • single-use plastic items • Single-use Plastic Waste Generation
Guidelines on EPR for Plastic Packaging
Under the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has issued guidelines on Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) on plastic packaging. Overview With effect from July 1, 2022, the rules on extended producer responsibility, as well as the prohibition of selected single-use plastic items with low usefulness and high littering ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: End Plastic Pollution • Ministry of Environment • Plastic pollution • Plastic Waste • Plastic Waste Management • Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016 • Pollution
HP makes first ever PCs with Plastic Waste in Ocean
The Computer maker HP has developed its first ever consumer PC using the plastic waste in ocean. Highlights This move was built on the basis of sustainability commitment of the company. The company has manufactured the Pavilion 13, Pavilion 14, and Pavilion 15 Laptops using the ocean-bound plastics. Company estimates that using the plastics in ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: consumer PC using the plastic waste • HP Pavilion 13 • HP Pavilion 14 • HP Pavilion 15 • Plastic pollution
Delhi Airport: The First Single-use Plastic-free airport
The Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has become the first airport in India to become free of single-use plastics. The airport committed itself to become single-use plastics free on the World Environment Day in 2018. Highlights DIAL has used eco-friendly alternatives to reduce the plastic use. The Plastic items that are exempted at the airport ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Ban on Plastic • Ban on single use Plastic • End Plastic Pollution • Plastic • Plastic pollution • Plastic Waste Management • single use plastic
October 12: World Migratory Bird Day
World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) is an awareness – raising campaign organized by CMS (Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of wild animals) and AEWA (Agreement on the Conservation of African – Eurasian Migratory water birds) that highlights the conservation of migratory birds, threats faced by them, their ecological importance the need for international ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: migratory birds • Plastic pollution • Pollution • UNEP • United Nations • world migratory bird day