The asphalt to be used in repair or construction of roads in New Town has to be mixed with plastic waste, the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has decided in an attempt to reduce the volu...

Plastic left behind by relief workers in the Sunderbans in the aftermath of Cyclone Amphan has left environmentalists worried about the fragile ecosystem of the deltaic region.Empty plastic bottles, p...

The Hailakandi district administration on Friday organised a programme here to generate awareness on how to convert plastic bottles and waste into ecobricks.As part of the campaign to make Hailakandi ...

 How much plastic waste does Calcutta produce every day?Though no definite data is available but various studies indicate that the volume may be anything between 500 and 1,200 tonnes.However, all...

On the completion of a year of New Town’s first ‘plastic road’, there is announcement of three more to be laid using plastic in the township. “According to the Indian Roads Congress guidelines...

Single-use plastic bags have been banned at Haltu market in Kasba after a heap of plastic trash emerged while digging up a portion of a road in the neighbourhood for the construction of a pavement. A ...

The Kohima district task force carried out its fourth checking and confiscation exercise of single-use plastic in Kohima on Friday.The task force has been conducting checking and confiscation exercise...