Plastic Waste

Plastic Waste

File Photo: Rehman Asad/TBS

10,500 tonnes plastic waste to be generated by end 2020

2,500 tonnes of plastic waste will be generated by the laminated posters used in the Dhaka city corporations’ election campaigns

Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad reacts during a news conference in Putrajaya, Malaysia, September 18, 2019/ Reuters

Mahathir’s war on plastic waste

Photo courtesy: Agence France-Presse

Malaysia sends back 42 containers of 'illegal' plastic waste to UK

Extending responsibility for plastic waste

Extending responsibility for plastic waste

Just kick back on the plastic and enjoy the beach. Photo: AFP via Bloomberg

The world’s oceans need a bailout

Puppets made out of plastic waste are displayed in a primary school in Mataram on Lombok island, Indonesia August 16, 2019/ Sasak Puppeteer School via Reuters

Indonesian students use puppets to banish 'big ghost' of plastic waste

A plastic bottle is seen floating in an Adriatic sea of the island Mljet, Croatia, May 30, 2018/ Reuters

Modi exhorts nation to end usage of single-use plastic by 2022

Representational Image. Photo: Collected

Turning waste plastic bottles into fine jackets