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 ...

KOZHIKODE: Taking the art of recycling to the next level, a city-based inventor has developed an eco-friendly alternative to thermocol using only industrial waste, newspapers and organic gum.

At a time when big budget pujas are making a statement through their mandaps made of bamboo, fabric, clay and other materials, small budget puja committees settle for the more affordable yet aesthetic ...

A group of volunteers in Dadar, Mumbai, known as 'Chakachak Dadar', is collecting thermocol waste from the fish market and sending it to a recycling plant. The volunteers took action after the ...

PUNE: Amid the Centre's efforts towards making India Open Defection Free (ODF), a man from Pune has been contributing to it in a unique way by building toilets out of thermocol. Ramdas Mane's company ...

Agency will put in place a stricter policy to monitor the use of packaging materials clogging drains Just a few weeks ago, clogged drains, overflowing roads and five deaths revealed the complete ...

City turns to scrap material, plumbing pipes and cloth for environment-friendly decoration ahead of the Ganeshotsav in September City turns to scrap material, plumbing pipes and cloth for ...

Rag-pickers will now go door-to-door and collect plastic, thermocol and scrap material. NASHIK: Rag-pickers will now go door-to-door and collect plastic, thermocol and scrap material. Around 800 ...

In April 2018, after the Bombay High Court banned the sale of thermocol decorations during Ganeshostav festival, the future of the 25-year-old well-established Makhar industry is in tatters. The ...