A green business can broadly be defined as an institution that has minimal negative effects or potentially a positive effect on the global or local environment, community, society, or economy. It has also been referred to as green
Category: Extended Producer Responsibility
Extended Producer Responsibility Law in India.
Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has come out with Uniform Framework for Extended Producers Responsibility on 26th June 2020 and is open for public comment upto 31st July 2020. India generates approximately 25,000 to 30,000 tonnes of
Extended Producer Responsibility
EPR is defined as the commitment made by a producer to facilitate a reverse collection mechanism and recycling of end of life, post-consumer waste. The main aim is to recover the resources from waste. The waste generators such
THE PLASTIC FOOTPRINT
It was in 1907 when chemist Leo Baekeland created Bakelite, the first real synthetic plastic. It was then a boon to mankind as it later was used in many fields like transport, agriculture, healthcare, electronics etc. But it
Unrepairable damage to ecosystem; Assam Oil Leak
On May 27, 2020, a sudden and uncontrolled blowout of natural gas occurred at Baghjan oil field well no. 5 operated by Oil India Limited near Baghjan Village in Assam. The situation further worsened on June 9, 2020,
Waste Management: more like care for waste
Waste can be divided in four basic categories municipal solid waste, medical waste, agricultural waste, and industrial waste. We all know about the 3 R’s of waste management: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle but do we really practice them,
Himachal Pradesh’s Fight against Plastic
Since 1990 the government of Himachal Pradesh has accorded high priority to deal with plastic waste. To ameliorate the effort, state of H.P enacted H.P Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act, 1995 to deal with plastic waste and was put
Online shopping- A leading cause of Waste generation
E-commerce companies are considered to be the most underrated but big generators of both plastic and non-plastic waste all over the world. Since no organizations have taken up the initiative of investigating these e-commerce companies, there are no
Plastic Packaging in Online Shopping
As age changes, different method of trading is adopted in the society. Now in this modern age online shopping is very popular. Traditional shopping changes to online shopping. Local market is replaced with online market. Small ring to
National framework for India’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
India is believed to generate 25,000 tonnes of plastic waste every day. So, much of plastic is entering the food chain, that it can cause life-threatening disease. Thus, the government needs to set up and impose laws to