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Plastic waste collected behind an industrial area near Mumbai. Plastic production contributes about 3.7% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Image by Ravleen Kaur.

Communities near petrochemical plants pay the price for plastic convenience

Ravleen Kaur 19 Sep 2025
In 2006, the United Nations Environment Programme estimated that every square mile (about 2.5 km2 ) of the ocean contained 46,000 pieces of floating plastic, the debris of which is already present on most beaches around the world. Image by Emina Mamaca.

Invisible plastics are changing our oceans [Commentary]

Isha Chawla 24 Jun 2025
A container washed ashore in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala from the ELSA-3 shipwreck. Some containers that washed to the coast were even seen catching fire in Kollam district. Image by John Bennet.

Shipwreck spills oil, plastic and legal loopholes

Max Martin 12 Jun 2025

[Explainer] What is recycling? How does it work in India?

Phalguni Ranjan 1 Oct 2024

Plastic-rock hybrids found on the Andaman Islands

Vinaya Kurtkoti 27 Jun 2023

[Explainer] How do we recycle plastic?

Devayani Khare 4 Mar 2022

[Explainer] What is the effect of plastic on ecosystems?

Devayani Khare 23 Nov 2021

Will Maharashtra be able to implement the plastic ban effectively?

Aditi Tandon 9 May 2018

India to galvanise greater action against plastic waste on World Environment Day

Sahana Ghosh 16 Apr 2018