Several parts of New Town, including stretches of the Major Arterial Road, got flooded when the city was lashed by rain last week.
A senior NKDA official said they carried out a survey to find out th...
The state government will slap a fine of Rs 500 for selling and stocking thin plastic carry bags and other banned plastic items and give a reward of Rs 500 for a valid complaint regarding any manufact...
Green experts remain doubtful about the implementation of the new plastic norm that will come into effect in West Bengal from Friday, citing the futility of such norms brought over the last two decade...
India will ban the production, sale and use of identified single-use plastic items that have low utility and high littering potential from July 1, the Union environment ministry said on Tuesday, a rem...
Sibaji Raha, former director of Bose Institute, said we had not inherited this world from our predecessors but rather have borrowed it from our successors. “We have done enough damage to this pl...
The West Bengal government has decided to ban the use of plastic bags below 75 microns of thickness in the state from July 1.
Urban development and municipal affairs minister Firhad Hakim confi...
A plastic bottle shredding machine has been installed at CA Market, one of the main block markets in Salt Lake, to make disposal of plastic bottles easier for shopkeepers and residents.
Once a plasti...
Leading dairy firm Amul has urged the environment ministry to postpone the ban imposed on plastic straw by one year due to lack of adequate availability of paper straws in the domestic as well as inte...
Fixed recycling quotas would help to reduce waste and production of virgin plastic. So too would introducing legislation to make manufacturers produce packaging, clothing, and vehicles in a more susta...
Women from marginalised families in Kolkata and parts of the Sunderbans in the South 24-Parganas district are being provided sanitary pads in exchange of plastics.
The idea is to cater to the menstru...