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Dec 31 2018

Bioplastics: the solution to India’s plastic pollution woes?

Leave a Comment / Environment, Information, No Plastic, Pollution / By SLSV / December 31, 2018 December 31, 2018

For ensuring greater adoption of the biodegradable variant, manufacturers say a major policy push is needed from government to help make it more affordable. Mohammed Ashfaq, managing director of the Bengaluru-based Plastobag Industries, recalls the incident that spurred him to make biodegradable plastics. One day in 2011, when he entered his home, his 12-year-old daughter, …

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Dec 28 2018

Microorganisms used to produce environment friendly sustainable plastic

Leave a Comment / Eco-Friendly, Environment, Information, No Plastic, Pollution / By SLSV / December 28, 2018 December 28, 2018

Scientists have developed environment-friendly bioplastics from microorganisms. scientists have developed biodegradable plastic from microorganisms that eat seaweed which produces zero toxic waste and can be recycled into organic waste. According to the United Nations, plastic accounts for up to 90 per cent of all the pollutants in our oceans, yet there are a few comparable, …

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Dec 13 2018

Chennai-Based Woman Is Making Scientific Disposal Of Sanitary Napkins A Reality In India

1 Comment / ChangeMaker, Health, Innovation, Pollution, Women Empowerment / By SLSV / December 13, 2018 December 13, 2018

To encourage people to dispose of menstrual waste in a scientific way, 29-year-old Anisha Nichani from Chennai is making sanitary napkin disposal bags from recycled newspapers Mumbai: 500 years – that is the average life span of one sanitary napkin and a single woman can generate up to 125 kilos of menstrual waste in her …

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Nov 22 2018

India Second Most Polluted Country In The World, Says Study

Leave a Comment / Environment, Health, Pollution, research / By SLSV / November 22, 2018 November 22, 2018

Particulate pollution is so severe that it shortens the average Indian’s life expectancy by more than four years relative to what it would be if World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guidelines were met. NEW DELHI: India is the world’s second most polluted country, slightly trailing only Nepal, the Energy Policy Institute at the University …

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Nov 13 2018November 13, 2018

#ChildrenForThePlanet: 12-YO Pune Boy’s Innovation Can Rid Our Oceans of Plastic

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Eco-Friendly, Education, Environment, Information, Innovation, No Plastic, Pollution / By SLSV / November 13, 2018 November 13, 2018

ERVIS, Kazi’s first ever innovation, is a prototype ocean cleaner ship that can suck out plastic from the surface of the ocean. There are two kinds of people in the world. The ones who create problems and the ones who solve them. I want to be in the latter category. With these words, Haaziq …

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