ByAPDWriterRishikaChauhanNEWDELHI,August18(APD)--FollowingNationalGreenTribunal’s(NGT)banonplasticbags,theDelhigovernmenthasdecidedtocrackdownonplasticsfromThur
Whyaren'tmoreofuschoosingtoholidayinplasticcabins?Whyaren'tsyntheticchaletsmorepopularthanwoodenbeachshacksandconcretepools?TheFrencharchitecturalcollectorandcu
Since1950morethan9.1billiontonsofplastichavebeenmade.Itdoesn’tbreakdownlikeotherman-madematerials,sothree-quartersofplasticendsupaswasteinlandfills,litteredonla
ChinanotifiedtheWorldTradeOrganization(WTO)onTuesdayitwillbantheimportof24differenttypesofsolidwasteshipmentsaspartofacampaigntocurbenvironmentalpollution.Theim
Slim Ben Romdhane is one of the few in Tunisia who does not count hours at work. Early in the morning, he leaves his neighborhood to collect plastic bottles. After years in the streets, he has learned to endure the extreme summer heat and the difficult working conditions. Collecting and recycling plastic is a tiring job, yet Romdhane is proud of his work.
ImportersandretailersofplasticbagsinKenyahavemovedtocourt,hopingtosuspendagovernmentbanontheuse,manufactureandimportationofpolythene.Inasuitfiledontheirbehalf,t
Coca-ColahaspledgedthatallitsUKbottleswillbemadefrom50%recycledplasticby2020.Thesoftdrinksgiantwillalsotriala"recoveryandreward"schemeintheUK,whichitsayswillinf
Inanindoor"Manchester-drizzle-simulating"rainroomattheUniversityofLeeds,andinalaundrylabinPlymouth,researchisrevealingtheunexpectedenvironmentalcostoftheveryclo
Chinaintroducedanationwidebanontheuseofultra-thinplasticbagsin2008.Nearlyadecadesincethepolicywasunwrapped,Chineseshopkeepersstillusethesebannedultra-thinstobag
AsmallexplosioninThailand'scapital,Bangkok,woundedonepersononFriday,policesaid,addingthatthedevicewasa"pingpong"bombhiddeninaplasticbag.Theblastcameadayafteraut
Apetitionsignedbymorethan1millionpeopletophaseoutsingleuseplasticworldwidewithinthenextfiveyearswillbepresentedtoUNEnvironmenttosupportitsCleanSeascampaigntoend
AremoteislandintheSouthPacificisthemostpollutedplaceontheplanet,AustralianresearchpublishedonTuesdayrevealed.Thestudy,publishedbyTasmania'sInstituteforMarineand
SYDNEY, May 16 (Xinhua) -- A remote island in the South Pacific is the most polluted place on the planet, Australian research published on Tuesday revealed.
The pricey fruit - sold as Valentine’s Day gifts - was imported from Japan pre-wrapped for ‘quality protection’, supermarket chain says, and it pledges to seek a balance between packaging and hygiene amid outcry from green groups
Six billion fewer plastic bags will be taken home by shoppers in England this year since a mandatory charge of 5 pence (7 U.S. cents) was introduced last October.
LG Display will invest almost W2 trillion to produce organic light-emitting diode screens for smartphones, encroaching on the territory of rival Samsung.
The plastic-surgery tourism boom in Korea appears to be waning with the number of Chinese customers shrinking from its peak of over 79,000 in 2014.
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