Dumping stations and dockyards, along with 46 industries and 36 kitchen markets, were identified as major contributors to the pollution.

Volunteers clean up plastic waste ... of marine plastic pollution by addressing the significant contribution of plastic waste from key waterways. This initiative focuses on four rivers in Java and two ...

The release of the findings of the latest study comes after countries in November 2024 failed to reach an agreement on a global treaty to end plastic pollution. NEA said the findings of the latest ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): On the lines of National Mission for Clean Ganga, Madhya Pradesh government aims to launch Clean Narmada Mission to conserve, rejuvenate and make the river pollution-free.

INFORMATION on plastic pollution provided by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) should give all humans cause for great concern. “Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full ...

But this time, the urban landscape is different: Modern homes are full of plastic, turning house fires into chemical-laced infernos that burn hotter, faster, and more toxic than their predecessors.

On November 10 of 2002, police recovered Tinni's body from under China-Bangladesh Friendship Bridge over the Buriganga river and a case was filed with Keraniganj Police Station on the same day.

Saudi Arabia: 1. The European Union and its allies: 0. As the dust settles on last month’s failed United Nations negotiations to end plastic pollution, high-ambition countries in Europe and elsewhere ...

As of January 1, 2025, Thailand has stopped importing plastic waste in an effort to curb toxic pollution in the country. Since 2018, Thailand has been a leading importer of plastic waste from ...

A colleague had been studying how air pollution around the university harms the hearts and lungs of mice, and had asked Cory-Slechta to check the animals’ brains for damage. As a specialist in ...

Surely there are local ordinances and environmental laws that can be applied against such acts of pollution. In many cases, however, the local officials who are supposed to enforce such laws are ...

Air pollution is leading to long-term health problems in Dorset, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight, and is putting a strain on local health services, according to a new report. Researchers from the ...