Set up plastic parks, provide technology upgrade fund: Group

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 22:49

The apex body of plastic industry Tuesday appealed to the Centre to set up plastic parks across the country and provide fund for technology upgradation of units operating in the key sector.

Plastics dangerously harming marine ecosystems

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 15:57

Up till now it was unknown to researchers whether ingested plastic transfers chemical additives or pollutants to wildlife, but a new study has shown that toxic concentrations of pollutants and additives enter the tissue of animals that have eaten microplastic.

3-D printers raise concerns over potential misuse for developing plastic firearms

Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 15:33

As the three-dimensional (3D) printers make artists` and hobbyists` dream a reality by allowing them to produce virtually anything from garden gnome figures to nuts and screws, analysts believe that the devices raise serious concerns about their potential misuse.

Thousands clean Puerto Rico beaches, rivers

Last Updated: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 10:56

Thousands of volunteers cleaned 200 beaches, rivers and lakes in Puerto Rico to celebrate International Coastal Cleanup Day Saturday.

Indian-born plastics tycoon transforms London mansion

Last Updated: Sunday, August 25, 2013, 16:38

Lohia`s own new Mayfair residence, Sheridan House, was built in 1770 as a home for General John Burgoyne.

Endangered sea turtles eating more plastic than ever

Last Updated: Friday, August 9, 2013, 14:53

Endangered sea turtles are swallowing toxic plastic at twice the rate they did 25 years ago, according to a new study.

`Green plastics` come closer to reality

Last Updated: Thursday, August 8, 2013, 14:44

Scientists have developed a new method through which vegetable and animal fats and oils can be converted to a key ingredient for making plastics that currently comes from petroleum, according to scientists.

`Plastics can shield astronauts from cosmic radiat

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 13:15

Data gathered by NASA`s LRO have shown that lighter materials like plastics provide effective shielding against the radiation hazards faced by astronauts during extended space travel.