Delhi leiutenant governor Tejendra Khanna on Tuesday made a passionate appeal to the capital's residents to choose public transport as their mode of travel for bringing down the air pollution level in the city. Mr Khanna said that the government should develop the public transport system in the capital so that vehicle owners riders switch over to it. "This will help in bringing down the air pollution level which is creating problems for them,' he said, calling for larger public participation in protection of the environment.

Waste plastic products should not be treated as threats to our environment. A proper system to recycle these products and efforts at extracting fuel from them may turn these waste products into invaluable assets, said Amarjyoti Kashyap president of the non-Government organisation (NGO) Environ. This is very significant in these days of growing threats of scarcity and rising price of fossil fuel. Besides, there is also the angle of environment pollution, which can be tackled better with the use of plastic fuel and application of a safe technology to extract fuel from plastic.

A plastic-free Margao. That's what the Margao Civic body has set out late last year by banning sale of plastic bags in the Commercial capital. Sadly, after repeated failed deadlines, the ban has now been confined to the Civic record books, thanks to the change of guard in the Civic body and the lack of enthusiasm by the Civic babus. It was with great fanfare that then Chief Officer, N D Agrawal ably supported by the Chairperson, Johnson Fernandes announced a ban on the sale of plastic bags across the city from Goa Liberation Day on December 19.

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incineration of plastic that is non biodegradable leads to emission of cancer-causing dioxins. Researchers from Kolkata say they have developed a better disposal mechanism that cuts down emission of

The Canadian plastic industry is lashing out at growing movement to eliminate plastic shopping bags, saying that an outright ban could cause more environmental harm than good. "I think, generally speaking, there was always a kind of anti-plastic sentiment out there, Serge Lavoie, president and CEO of the Canadian Plastics Industry Association, said on Wednesday. "We're a high-profile target."

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Cortalim MLA and Deputy Speaker Mauvin Godinho has urged residents from Cortalim to work together to make the constituency free of plastic. Addressing the panchayat body, Mr Godinho unveiled his new ambitious task and directed all the five panchas to work together to keep their constituency free of plastic. Mr Godniho has decided to launch the plastic drive campaign on May 24 at 10.30 am with the main function at Cansaulim, near T B Cunha sports complex.

Describing plastic bags as highly economical and popular among residents, a government panel has said it is not possible to put a blanket ban on its use in the Capital. The panel consisting of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) officials, which recently submitted its report to the Delhi High Court, has also put a question mark on Delhi Government's decision to promote degradable plastic bags.

The US Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday said it sees no reason to tell consumers to stop using products such as baby bottles made with a controversial chemical found in many plastic items. Norris Alderson, the FDA's associate commissioner for science, said although the regulatory agency is reviewing safety concerns about the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, "a large body of available evidence" shows that products such as liquid or food containers made with it are safe.