Surat: To tackle the menace of plastic, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has constructed 32.56 km of roads using plastic waste under a pilot project in recent years, utilizing 158 metric tonnes of shredded plastic waste. The plastic roads, claimed to be stronger than asphalt roads, require 10 tonnes of plastic waste for the construction of 1 km. If this project proves successful, the municipality plans to create additional plastic roads in the future. In the budget for 2024-25, this i...Read More

Gandhinagar: To commemorate the nationwide cleanliness campaign, 2nd October is observed as 'Swachh Bharat Diwas'. As we move towards the Swachh Bharat mission, the story of a woman from Kutch serves as an inspiration to all. Through her campaign to rid villages of plastic waste, she has not only established herself as a AtmaNirbhar woman in Gujarat but has also gained recognition internationally. We're talking about Rajiben Vankar, a 50-year-old resident of Avadhnagar near Bhuj in the Kutch ...Read More

Gandhinagar: With an objective to promote import substitution of plastic goods, aligning with the government's Make in India initiative, the All-India Plastics Manufacturers Association (AIPMA) – AMTEC has organised the 3rd Technology Conference for ‘Growth of Plastic Industry’ on July 28 Friday in Ahmedabad. According to a comprehensive study conducted by AIPMA, India imported plastic goods worth Rs. 37,500 crores in the fiscal year 2021-22, with China accounting for 48% of these impor...Read More

Anand: A veterinary surgeon at the Amul Dairy has removed 30 kilograms of plastic material by way of surgery from a cow’s stomach after the bovine was rushed for medical treatment due to drop in her health conditions. A cow belonging to the priest of the Mahadev temple in Pansora village of Umreth taluka had stopped eating altogether since last 10 days. She was also suffering from gastric trouble. The owner decided to take her to veterinary facility of Amul Dairy in Anand where Dr Mohsin Vo...Read More

New Delhi: In line with the clarion call given by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to phase out single use plastic by 2022, keeping in view the adverse impacts of littered plastic on both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, has notified the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, which prohibits identified single use plastic items which have low utility and high littering potential by 2022. Pollution due t...Read More

Dahod: An innovative cafe run by self help group of local women in Dahod offers a cup of tea in exchange with 500 gram plastic and a dish of methi gota in exchange with 1 kg plastic The idea is to collect maximum plastic in order to recycle it. On an average, daily ten people visit the cafe to take benefit of this offer. Read More