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Four Circular Economy Parks planned in Maharashtra

Four Circular Economy Parks planned in Maharashtra

Four circular economy parks are being considered in Maharashtra and the state is preparing to create its own circular economy park policy. Leading recyclers, policymakers, business executives, SPCB, IITs, civil society organizations, and experts were…

Policy & others
Centre to announce ‘Right to Repair’ framework

Centre to announce ‘Right to Repair’ framework

In a bid to emphasize on its LiFE (Lifestyle for the Environment) movement through sustainable consumption, the Department of Consumer Affairs has taken a significant step for developing an overall framework for the Right to…

Plastic
Huhtamaki Foundations sets up recycling plant in Maharashtra

Huhtamaki Foundations sets up recycling plant in Maharashtra

The Huhtamaki Foundation, a charitable trust run by Huhtamaki India, has inaugurated its first recycling plant in Khopoli, Maharashtra to help drive circularity for packaging. The site, spread across 2000 sq mt area, will recycle…

Company news
P&G India becomes plastic waste neutral

P&G India becomes plastic waste neutral

FMCG maker Procter & Gamble India has said it has become a ‘plastic waste neutral’ company in FY 2021-22, after having recycled 100 percent of post-consumer plastic packaging waste. The company, which has a portfolio…

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CII’s Virtual Waste to Worth Conference to be followed by 20-day exhibition. Details here.

CII’s Virtual Waste to Worth Conference to be followed by 20-day exhibition. Details here.

With the theme of ‘Moving Towards a Circular Economy Through Innovative 3R approaches’, the CII is organizing its digital Conference on Waste to Worth on November 16 and 17, 2021 in association with the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor and the Republic…

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BBMP gets EU assistance for waste management

BBMP gets EU assistance for waste management

Bengaluru’s Koromangala waste management facility received a visit from the Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to India, Mr Ugo Astuto. The EU and German Federal Ministry of the Environment and Nature Conservation and Nuclear…

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CII’s Waste to Worth Conference: Record number of entries received for 3R Awards

CII’s Waste to Worth Conference: Record number of entries received for 3R Awards

With the theme of ‘Moving Towards a Circular Economy Through Innovative 3R approaches’,  the CII is organizing its digital Conference on Waste to Worth on November 16 and 17, 2021 in association with the Office of the Principal Scientific…

SWI Interview: Prabhjot Sodhi On Circular Economy and Waste Management

Over the last four decades, Mr Prabhjot Sodhi has donned several hats in areas related to waste management, circular economy and climate change. Currently, as Senior Program Director at Centre for Environment Education (CEE), Mr…

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CII’s Annual Waste to Worth Conference on Nov 16-17

CII’s Annual Waste to Worth Conference on Nov 16-17

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in association with the Office of the PSA, GoI is organizing its annual Conference on Waste-to-Worth from 16-17 November 2021. This year’s theme is ‘Moving towards a Circular Economy through…

E-Waste
Electronics & IT Ministry releases draft policy paper to address e-waste issues

Electronics & IT Ministry releases draft policy paper to address e-waste issues

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India has formulated a policy paper to address wastage in the use of electronics and the electrical sector. The paper titled “Circular Economy in Electronics…