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Agriculture has a plastic problem and it’s threatening the future of food 

Priyamvada Kowshik 6 Sep 2024
Nurdles look like fish eggs, sea birds, fish, and crustaceans end up feeding on them, leading to starvation and organ failure. Photo by Shaunak Modi/Coastal Conservation Foundation

Marine plastic pollution is not just a waste problem; reducing production is needed too

Ravleen Kaur 18 Apr 2024

Microplastics, mostly fibres, found in mangroves in southwestern India

T. V. Padma 20 Feb 2024
A bioplastics installation.

[Video] An innovative alternative to reduce plastic pollution

Abhishyant Kidangoor, Mike DiGirolamo 14 Feb 2024

Microplastics in J&K’s waterbodies dangerous to ecosystems and humans alike

Hirra Azmat 18 Aug 2023

[Explainer] Living with microplastics, is not fantastic

Mahima Jain 16 Aug 2023
A nest belonging to a purple sunbird, constructed using anthropogenic waste material, with chicks present. Photo by Preeti Saryan.

Birds use waste to build nests in a Bhopal institute

Ashvita Anand 7 Aug 2023
Volunteers cleaning river Thamirabarani. Photo by Vasudevan Sridharan.

[Video] Restoring the perennial Thamirabarani river with people power

Vasudevan Sridharan 19 Jul 2023
Women with palmyra nursery bags. Photo by Balaji Vedharajan.

Palmyra leaf bags substitute plastic nursery bags to support sustainable mangrove restoration

M.T. Saju 18 Jul 2023

Plastic-rock hybrids found on the Andaman Islands

Vinaya Kurtkoti 27 Jun 2023

Countries resolve to protect cetaceans from marine plastic pollution

Sharada Balasubramanian 30 Dec 2022

[Commentary] Why Indians with means still use plastic, even when aware of its environmental impacts

Himangi Kanodia 24 Oct 2022

The world agrees on treaty to end plastic pollution

Charles Pekow 21 Mar 2022

[Explainer] How do we recycle plastic?

Devayani Khare 4 Mar 2022

Fantastic beasts and why plastic is bad for them

Anusha Krishnan, Labonie Roy 1 Mar 2022

[Explainer] Where the plastic things are: unexpected plastic products in our lives

Anusha Krishnan 22 Feb 2022

PlastiCities: the role of grassroots initiatives in managing waste in cities

Devayani Khare 8 Feb 2022

New study shows we have breached Earth’s threshold for chemical pollution

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 3 Feb 2022
A discarded mask found along the Mumbai coastline. Photo courtesy- Prasant Barik, Aahwahan Foundation

COVID-19 and the changing nature of waste

Anusha Krishnan 25 Jan 2022

Tackling the integrated challenge of plastic pollution and climate change

Devayani Khare 11 Jan 2022