Waste Recycling

BY THE end of the 1980s, 37 per cent of the paper and board consumed by the world was being collected and recycled to make more paper and board. While in the North it was environmental consciousness

Publication Date:

Tuesday, March 30, 1993

Source: Down to Earth

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Trade, Legislation, Japan, Germany, United States Of America (US), Developing Countries, Statistics, Waste Recycling

India

Package collection plan promotes recycling

Germany's environmental laws are slowly ushering in a culture of waste reduction, especially in packaging material.

Publication Date:

30/03/1993

Source: Down to Earth

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1

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19930331

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0

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Packaging Industry, Garbage, Private Sector, Germany, Waste Recycling

Environment

Environment friendly is far too often unfriendly

Disposable diapers and paper cups tax the environment, yes, but washing reusable diapers and china cups is just as environment unfriendly, say recent studies. Caught in the middle of this information blitz is the consumer.

Publication Date:

14/12/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment, Waste Recycling

Industry

Facing packaging problems

IN THIS "throwaway" age the Germans are trying to be difficult. Their stringent waste laws are creating a rift in the European Commission (EC) which wants lower and more flexible standards.

Publication Date:

14/10/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Legislation, Germany, Waste Recycling

Environment

Feed it to the earthworm

That is what Lata Srikhande, a Pune housewife, did to solve her domestic waste disposal problems. Now her neighbourhood is following suit

Publication Date:

30/07/1992

Author(s): Ajit Menon

Source: Down to Earth

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1

Issue:

19920731

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0

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Earthworms, Garbage, Waste Disposal, Pune (D), Waste Recycling

Waste Management

Fighting The Plastic Epidemic

As the world wakes up to to the crisis of Ocean Plastic, India plans on a complete ban on single use plastic by 2022. Times Now looks at how India is planning to fight the plastic epidemic.

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Waste Management, Municipal Solid Waste, Garbage, Plastics, Waste Recycling, Health Effects, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

Waste Management

Do We Have Any Alternatives For Single Use Plastic?

No ban on single use plastic, only awareness programs. No definitive timelines either. Are we any closer to finding alternatives for the single use plastic? Are we really prepared for plastic ban?