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  • Multiple categorisations trip single-use plastic regulation

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    Financial Express

    Multiple categorisations trip single-use plastic regulation

    Uttar Pradesh has only one category of SUPs—products that are banned. Its list of banned products includes all kinds of carry-bags and disposable cutleries.

  • Single-use plastics: A roadmap to eliminate this menace

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    Financial Express

    Single-use plastics - A roadmap to eliminate this menace

    Even after enacting four major legislations in the last 20 years, we have not been able to eliminate even one single-use plastic product...

  • Swachh Survekshan disappoints again, sweeping waste under the carpet a myopic approach

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    Financial Express

    Swachh Survekshan disappoints again, sweeping waste under the carpet a myopic approach

    Sweeping waste under the carpet is a myopic waste management approach—sustained efforts are required, and it is this that the survekshan should rank in the future.

  • Garbage management: Is waste-to-energy plants a feasible option?

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    Financial Express

    Garbage management - Is waste-to-energy plants a feasible option?

    WTE plants have a role, but not in the way our planners are envisaging. They should be the last resort to manage high-calorific-value waste that cannot be managed by other technologies.

  • Garbage management is about fighting corruption

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    Financial Express

    Garbage management - Is waste-to-energy plants a feasible option?

    There is too much money in waste (mis)management. Proper waste management will mean less money for the corrupt and the criminals

  • What model does the Swachh Survekshan bat for?

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    Financial Express

    Swachh Survekshan disappoints again, sweeping waste under the carpet a myopic approach

    The Survekshan ranks cities that do their waste management in a highly decentralised fashion poorly, despite their sustainable waste-management systems.

One of India’s foremost environment and climate change experts Chandra Bhushan is the President & CEO of the International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology (iFOREST).

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