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Explained | Chemicals of concern in plastics

March 21, 2024

Explained | Chemicals of concern in plastics

More than 16,000 chemicals found in plastics, says report

March 09, 2024
Let’s use recyclable plastic, MB Rajesh tells Milma

The minister was inaugurating a function organised to hand over the Milma grant to dairy groups and employees of the Malabar Region of the Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation at Chandranagar here on Saturday.
February 17, 2024
Upcycler in Cambodia turns tonnes of plastic bottles into brooms

For the past 11 months, a group of workers have transformed around 40 tonnes of discarded plastic bottles into brooms.
January 14, 2024
After pellet spill hits Spain, EU considers stronger plastic pollution law

Millions of pellets from at least one container that fell from a vessel off the coast of neighbouring Portugal last month washed up in Spain.
November 24, 2023
Britain emerges champion in inaugural litter-picking World Cup

Japan's famously high standards of hygiene and cleanliness made finding rubbish challenging for some of the competitors.
November 09, 2023
Largest MNC-funded plastic waste treatment plant to come up in Kannur

Funded by Beiersdorf, the German multinational company that manufactures personal-care products like Nivea and Labello, the project aims to implement an effective mass plastic waste management programme.
September 29, 2023
Plastic contamination poses risk of autism, attention deficiency hyperactivity

If people have more difficulty detoxifying their blood through the natural process, it means their tissues are exposed to BPA, a common plastic additive, at higher concentrations for longer time periods.

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