With Ganesh Chaturthi set to be celebrated on August 27, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has issued a set of guidelines urging devotees to opt for eco-friendly idols and to ensure that ...

During last August’s torrential rains, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) identified the new culprit that was clogging drains and flooding the city. It was thermocol – the packaging ...

While the ban on plastic, introduced in the state on March 23, has not been effective, the ban on the sale of thermocol has been near total, as a result of which artisans are unable to make decorative ...

Will the ban on plastic end up spurring the usage of the equally dangerous thermocol or styrofoam? That is what activists fear. Though thermocol products today constitute a small portion of the ...