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Recycled plastic usage in textiles has been a very common practice for the last 3 decades. Yet, it was always kept hush hush as you and I did not like the idea of plastic in our clothes. But now with rising awareness about plastic pollution, brands have slowly started to share about this practice. Read on for more

The future of fashion is recycled T-shirts made from plastic bottles, swimwear crafted from fishing nets—can fashion solve the planet’s plastic woes?

A Dutch study whose findings were released in March noted that the largest plastic waste island in the world, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is now estimated to be three times the size of France. It covers 1.6 million sq km, or half the size of continental India, and contains plastic waste weighing almost 80,000 tonnes.

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India must save itself from the plastic peril (Comment) At the recently concluded Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London, the joint communique focused on the challenges of evolving sustainable development policies for almost 2.5 billion citizens who are part of this 53-member

This linear model of waste management has to change. The corporation have to rethink their contracting process. Cities can save so much of their tax money through better contracting.

Waste transport: Kochi corporation admits failure - Times of India Admitting that the new system introduced for hiring trucks for waste movement to Brahmapuram plant from different parts of the city was a failure, Koc

Urban waste and global warming - the link .

What urban waste has to do with global warming Recycling, composting and biomethanation will not only make landfills unnecessary, they will also help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.