Almost 7 million tonnes of plastic waste is dumped into the ocean every year and due to the non-biodegradable nature of plastics, their decomposition takes hundreds of years. Recently at the Clinton Global Initiative, the Plastic Disclosure project was launched by the Community of Socially Responsible Investors around the World with the goal of reducing plastic […]
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Our world is dying, and there is no use to sugarcoat this truth anymore. Statistics show that plastic waste is at the core of our environmental problems as we dump nearly 8 million tons of plastic in the oceans annually. This plastic is not only polluting our oceans and seas but killing our marine life
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Pranay Kumar, Chief Environment Officer, Vasudhaecofriends projects (P) Ltd., New Delhi Pranay is an Electrical Engineer from BIT Sindri, MBA from Hult & Harvard (Boston) and has an environmental law certificate from National Law University. He has 26 years in Leadership, marketing and technical roles in technology firms and currently a member of Plastics Export
The word “plastic” derives from the Greek πλαστικός (plastikos) meaning “capable of being shaped or molded”. Given Plastics’ great applicability and transformative contribution to a post-1950s, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call the modern age as Plastics age. We use plastic in every possible way from making an Aircraft, Drinking Straw, Sieve, Toys, Basket,
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Our environment is infested with so many foreign objects that do not resonate well with nature. That is why no one will go against the claim that we are responsible for whatever bad that’s happening to our planet. We have created products that interfere with the natural course of our biosphere and kill marine animals
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Pollution has become a major concern for city developers and planners recently. It complicates their simple ways of development by hindering the degradation process of our everyday items. Oceans are already exhausted with the waste we throw in them and are slowly dying. To top it off, our ecosystem is burdened with the consequences of
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