India ranks 94 in per capita single-use plastic waste production: Report India Today Web Desk
India s plans to phase out single-use plastic are already paying dividends as the world s second-most populous country ranks 94th in per capita plastic waste production. A report by the Australia-based Minderoo Foundation said India s per capita waste generated from single-use plastic is 4 kg.
The report said Singapore and Australia top the list of the countries in per capita plastic waste generation. Singapore s per capita plastic waste generation stands at 76 kg followed by Australia at 56 kg, the report said.
China is the largest producer of single-use plastic, followed by the US and India, the report said. However, while India generates 5.58 million tonnes (MT) of single-use plastic annually, China produces six times more, at 25.36 MT and the US 17.19 MT.
India ranks 94 in per capita single-use plastic waste production: Report India Today Web Desk
India s plans to phase out single-use plastic are already paying dividends as the world s second-most populous country ranks 94th in per capita plastic waste production. A report by the Australia-based Minderoo Foundation said India s per capita waste generated from single-use plastic is 4 kg.
The report said Singapore and Australia top the list of the countries in per capita plastic waste generation. Singapore s per capita plastic waste generation stands at 76 kg followed by Australia at 56 kg, the report said.
China is the largest producer of single-use plastic, followed by the US and India, the report said. However, while India generates 5.58 million tonnes (MT) of single-use plastic annually, China produces six times more, at 25.36 MT and the US 17.19 MT.
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Reporting India - My Seventy-Year Journey as a Journalist by Prem Prakash: A review by Ambassador A R Ghanashyam ANI | Updated: Mar 05, 2021 08:28 IST
New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI): Reporting India - My Seventy-Year Journey as a Journalist is a look back and recall with nostalgia account of independent India s history seamlessly intertwined with his own life s journey by author Prem Prakash who has had the priceless privilege of witnessing the making of history in the times and tenures of all the Prime Ministers of India from behind his camera.
A superb storyteller, he has also explained beautifully in the book the metamorphosis of the industry of News, Television, Cable, Internet and the latest Satellite communication systems over the decades while depicting the happenings in the world to the world and that is a bonus.