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Plastic Matters June 2021 |
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Catalyst transforms plastic waste to valuable ingredients at low temperature. By Osaka City University Plastics are essential materials for our life because they bring safety and hygiene to our society. However, the growth of the global plastic production and the rapid penetration of plastics into our society brought mismanagement of waste plastics. For the first time, researchers have used a novel catalyst process to recycle a type of plastic found in everything into liquid fuels and wax. |
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8 Beaches of the country got ‘Blue Flag’ status, India joined 50 countries of the world. By Financialexpress.com The Blue Flag beaches are considered the cleanest beaches in the world . To qualify for this tag, 33 stringent criteria relating to environmental, educational, bathing water quality, services and accessibility standards, safety must be met by the beaches. India is the first Blue Flag nation to be awarded the status for 8 beaches in one attempt. |
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Himachal’s buyback policy for plastic yields positive result. By Naresh K Thakur,Dharamshala A year since its launch, the Himachal Pradesh government’s buyback policy for non-recyclable single-use plastic has yielded positive results and helped the civic authorities in making Dharamshala town cleaner. So far, the Dharamshala municipal corporation has collected 20 tonnes of single-use plastic through its collections centres besides rag-pickers. |
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IBM Joins Alliance, Developing Platform To Track Plastic Waste Globally. By DeAnne Toto Right now, most data on plastics, plastics waste and waste management infrastructure is contained in silos, which means no one has a full picture of what is going on. PRISM is an opportunity to bring this data together and further fill in the gaps in a unified system that will allow for multi-dimensional analysis. |
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Engineering solutions to the plastic waste challenge. By Philippe Ducom,President,ExxonMobile Europe Engineers use their technical expertise to enhance products and processes, develop novel technologies and try to find solutions to complex challenges. The challenge of plastic waste is a perfect example. Providing a valuable outlet for capturing plastic waste is a way to incentivize its collection and sorting, and science is required to maximize that value. |
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Young man starts initiative to reduce plastic waste. By Vietnamnews.vn Phạm Thanh Trí from Quảng Ngãi started an initiative that teaches young people to classify and reuse trash. At the heart of the project are models made from bamboo, placed at schools and universities so students can put plastic waste in. |
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That’s all for now. Issued in public interest by Indian Centre for Plastics in the Environment,
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