Page 4 - Recycling
Recycling units to lose Rs 22,000 cr as demurrage and detention costs soar
Shipping lines and container freight stations ignore official directives calling for a waiver on these charges
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Global resource consumption at 100 bn tonnes for 1st time, recycling falls
Global use of materials is projected to balloon to 170-184 billion tonnes by mid-century, the report said.
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After nod to Recycling of Ships Bill, India eyeing 60% global share: Govt
Terming the passing of the Bill as a giant step and a historical moment in the Indian maritime arena, Mandaviya said it will have far reaching effects on the ship recycling industry.
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LS passes Recycling of Ships Bill, govt asserts law will help create jobs
The Recycling of Ships Bill, 2019 was passed by voice vote with Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya asserting that the proposed law will help the ship recycling industry
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How scrap recycling has opened a door for steel makers to meet high demand
Tata Steel is making an entry into scrap recycling business to give a push to formalising the steel scrap generation industry for the benefit of secondary sector
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How 3 Gujaratis have come together to attempt to spin gold out of garbage
NEPRA collect waste from registered rag pickers, input their items in the app and pay them a fair price. The entire process is monitored, live tracked and controlled from the company's support office
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From Dabur India to Flipkart, companies try to wean off plastics
Dabur is working with nearly 5,000 ragpickers to collect plastic waste, besides recycling PET waste to make T-shirts and other products that can used in internal events
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Mangaluru: Discarded bottles turn canvas for artist
In a bid to spread the message of cleanliness as well as encourage creativity, artist Megha Mendon organised a five-day art camp for students on discarded bottles, after which an exhibition was put up here on Monday.Over 200 recrafted bottles were displayed at the exhibition and as many as 28 students and housewives participated in the camp.Mendon, an architecture student said: "We went to Tannirbhavi Beach to collect discarded bottles after which we cleaned them. We later painted the bottles and put LED lights in it. As many as 28 students and housewives participated in the camp."The artist says in her efforts to keep the beaches clean, she collected bottles lying on the seaside and used these discarded bottles to create art out of them. She later taught several students her art."I used to see thrashed bottles littered by the beach when I used to go out with my friends. I used to collect them and wanted to use them as a canvass to draw. Back then I did not know what kind of paints I
You can buy Apple, Microsoft or a football club by just recycling plastic
If someone could collect and recycle all the unrecycled plastic on earth, this person would be richer than any individual on the planet
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Recycling can be confusing, but it's getting simpler
The recycling rate increased from 45% in 2007 to 51% in 2011
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