Waste-related data from Mombasa, and other cities, is being piped into the Global Plastics Hub, a platform developed by UNEP and backed by the Global Partnership on Plastic Pollution and Marine Litter ...

The petition came from a group of high school students who called for banning the sale of single-use plastic bottles of less than a liter that contain noncarbonated, unflavored drinking water.

Its Hydropol polymer material is a plastic that can fully dissolve in water. “It’s like sugar in tea,” CEO Mark Lapping tells me. All plastics are polymers, repeating chains of petroleum ...

In a strong appeal to address growing environmental and public health concerns, the Citizen Rights Forum, Phagwara, has urged the Punjab Government to impose a statewide ban on plastic water bottles.

sachet water packs, and thicker nylon bags (above 40 microns) are currently not affected by the ban. As part of the broader initiative to tackle plastic pollution, Wahab disclosed the inauguration ...

Flushing water supply to nearly 30,000 households in Hong Kong’s Tseung Kwan O has gradually been restored after an underground pipe burst, but traffic on the affected road is only expected to ...

JOHANNESBURG - A major pipe burst on one of Rand Water’s pipelines is causing significant water flow disruptions to some health facilities in parts of the West Rand and Johannesburg districts.

A water company is doubling the size of its team that finds and fixes illegal waste pipe connections. Southern Water's Illegal Connections team will now have 12 skilled engineers. The team has ...

WATER erupted from a burst main before gushing ... Neighbour Josie Grisley, 33, whose home was flooded due to a burst pipe last year added: “We have lived here since 2023, this is the second ...

42% of people have called for a nationwide ban on plastic-wrapped fruit and veg, plastic water bottles and all single-use plastic bags. Encouragingly, consumers are continuing to try and make their ...