Packages used for eatables act as a major pollutant for water bodies as they take centuries to decompose. A South African startup called Munch Bowls has come up with a tasty solution to cut down the plastic dishware.

Edible and biodegradable bowls, tasty solution to cut down plastic waste

Visiting hill stations in India is a sad affair. I keep on running to them because I saw most of the majestic mountains with my father. The visits evoke powerful childhood memories, but each time I go I end up coming back to Delhi less satisfied and more disturbed.

The sorry state of Himalayas

The city of Bengaluru produces over 5,000 tonnes of garbage every day. While the city administration has attempted to impose no-plastic and segregation-at-source rules strictly, there is no 100 per cent adherence from the citizens and workers.

Bengaluru's first zero-waste cafe uses fruit shells as cups

In the 59th edition of his monthly radio address 'Mann ki Baat' on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined the issue of plastic waste flooding the water bodies and narrated an example of how a large amount of such waste was cleaned by a group of motivated scuba divers.

PM Modi lauds scuba divers for cleaning plastic waste from deep sea

Tens of thousands of pieces of plastic littering the planet come from just a handful of multinational corporations, an environmental pressure group said Wednesday.

Coca Cola, Nestle among big firms to top worst plastic litter list: Report

Traders, shopkeepers, and others in India have started looking for an alternative to plastic amid the anticipation of a blanket ban on single-use plastic across the country.

Traders, shopkeepers look for alternative as India begins war on plastic

One person's trash can be another person's meal for some villagers in the Philippines with a rice-for-plastics programme launched to help the environment and feed the public. Since June, officials from Bayanan village on the outskirts of Manila started exchanging a kilogram of rice for every two kilos of plastic waste they can accumulate. The waste collected are then given to the national government for proper disposal or recycling.

A kilo of rice for plastic waste feeds hungry villagers in the Philippines

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In a bid to eliminate single-use plastic in the country, Indian Railways on Wednesday directed all units to enforce a ban on single-use plastic, with less than 50-micron thickness, from October 2 onwards in its premises and trains.

Indian Railways to enforce ban on single-use plastic from October 2

Indonesia has shipped tonnes of Australian garbage out of the country, an official said Tuesday, as Southeast Asian nations push back against serving as dumping grounds for foreign trash.

Indonesia ships back tonnes of Australian waste

Plastic, plastic everywhere but not for African recyclers

Cambodia fined a company more than $250,000 for shipping 1,600 tonnes of plastic waste from the US and Canada, an official said Tuesday, as Southeast Asian countries hit back against an influx of rubbish.

Company fined $254,000 for shipping plastic waste to Cambodia

Watch this report to know how the single-use plastic is the real villain.

Single-use plastic: The real villain?

In Japan, a country where cleanliness and neat packaging have long been considered good service, almost everything is sold plastic-wrapped. But as world leaders gather in Osaka for the two-day G-20 summit that starts on Friday, Japan will attempt to become a leader in environmental policy at the same time it plays catch-up with countries that already have well-defined goals in place.

Big plastic user Japan fights waste ahead of G20

Indonesia has returned five containers of rubbish to the United States and will not become a "dumping ground", officials said Saturday, the latest Southeast Asian country to return imported waste.

Indonesia returns five containers of waste to the US

One school in northeast India has taken a novel approach to address the scourge of plastic waste by making its collection a condition of free attendance. Every week the 110 pupils at the Akshar Forum school outside Dispur in Assam state must bring up to 20 items of plastic gathered from their homes and the local area.

School in Assam demands waste plastic as 'fees'

Hundreds of tonnes of imported plastic waste will be shipped back to where it came from, Malaysia said Tuesday, insisting the country did not want to be a global dumping ground.

Malaysia to ship back hundreds of tonnes of plastic waste

Not so fantastic: Can Japan end its love affair with plastic?

Plastic waste fills Indonesian river and 'never stops coming'

Two non-governmental organizations have turned some 10,000 plastic bottles into a community centre in a Panamanian shanty town, aiming to raise awareness about the serious environmental problem that plastic waste represents.

Environmental groups use discarded plastic bottles to build houses in Panama

Black-necked storks figure on the Red List suggesting their 'near-threatened' status

Watch: After nearly 5 days of ordeal, stork with plastic ring around beak gets rescued

Eight million tonnes of plastic is dumped into the world's oceans every year. A Bhutanese man is building a unique path to help

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