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25 wrz 2024 · A study published in Nature has revealed that India has become the world’s largest contributor to plastic pollution, accounting for nearly 20% of the total global plastic waste. With 9.3 million tonnes of plastic waste generated annually, India's contribution to this environmental catastrophe is larger than that of entire regions.
7 gru 2023 · India has a population of more than 1.4 billion and generates 26,000 tonnes of plastic waste – every day. This is the equivalent of approximately 26,000 small cars! Currently, a large fraction of plastic waste in India goes to landfill or leaks into the environment.
8 kwi 2022 · Plastic waste (PW) is one of the most rapid-growing waste streams in municipal solid waste all over the world. India has become a global player in the plastic value chain.
2 sie 2023 · With 350 million metric tons of plastic waste generated each year, there is an urgent need for more effective waste management solutions. As a growing number of India initiatives highlight, collaboration and working with all stakeholders from the ground up is essential.
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27 gru 2022 · India likely brought in more than 500,000 tons of plastic waste hidden within paper shipments in the past two years, according to a government environmental body that estimated the level of...
7 gru 2023 · Currently only 8 per cent of plastic waste in India gets recycled with the rest either mismanaged, incinerated, or dumped. A new circular economy roadmap led by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, aims to fix that.
26 cze 2022 · With the expanding development, the usage of plastic for anthropogenic activities has expanded many folds and India alone generated around 3.3 million metric tonnes of plastic in the financial...
