Plastic pollution in sea reaches alarming levels
July 5th, 2012 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, July 5 (IANS) Plastic pollution is reaching alarming levels off the coast of Pacific Northwest, which is just as bad as the notoriously polluted North Sea.University of British Columbia ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
UAE film ‘The Turtle’ released on YouTube
June 6th, 2012 - 1:16 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, June 5 (IANS/WAM) "The Turtle", an environmental film made in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has been released on YouTube."The Turtle" stars young Emirati schoolboy Ahmed Al Dahoouri, ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Marine bacteria digest plastic
March 29th, 2011 - 6:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 29 (ANI): Previous research has shown that marine microbes could beat plastic pollution.Now, marine microbiologist Tracy Mincer of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts and his colleagues have ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Soon, a Hawaii-sized eco island made entirely from plastic bottles
June 30th, 2010 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 30 (ANI): A team of Dutch scientists are planning to make an island the size of Hawaii entirely from 44million kg of plastic waste.Recycled island, which is part of an ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Bugs can help rid oceans of plastic pollution
March 29th, 2010 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 29 (IANS) Bits of plastic floating in the ocean are not just unsightly but are also a potential threat to marine life and our eco-system. But there is some hope, ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Simply banning plastic bags no solution to problem: NGOs
March 18th, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Playing down the Delhi civic agency's "no plastic" campaign, environmental NGOs here said that simply seizing plastic bags from shopkeepers and putting a ban on these will ... Read more...
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Total ban on plastic bags in Himachal from Oct 2
August 16th, 2009 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 16 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh is set to impose a total ban on the use of plastic bags from Oct 2, state Environment Minister J.P. Nadda said Sunday.
"From Oct 2, ... Read more...
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‘No’ to plastic bags restores Himachal’s pristine beauty
January 19th, 2009 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 19 (IANS) The hills are looking clean again. Once an eyesore, littering the verdant mountain slopes, choking drains and scarring the environment, plastic pollution has come down dramatically in Shimla ... Read more...
Posted in Business |