The missing link in Pakistan’s plastic regulation
In Pakistan, the plastic crisis has now taken the form that is almost impossible to see, yet no less threatening: microplastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters have made their way…
The missing link in Pakistan’s plastic regulation
In Pakistan, the plastic crisis has now taken the form that is almost impossible to see, yet no less threatening: microplastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters have made their way…
Beyond the plastic debate
Pakistan is drowning in waste, but not the kind most people talk about. According to the UN Comtrade database, every year the country produces 49.6 million tonnes of waste. Out…
Plastic deadlock
AFTER days of negotiations, UN-brokered efforts for agreement on a new plastics treaty collapsed on Friday. The failure of what was meant to be the most important environmental treaty since…
The unbearable weight of plastic
From the clogged drains of Lahore and Karachi, to the crop fields of southern Punjab, and along the Indus River where it meets the Arabian Sea, plastic waste is everywhere.…
Pakistan’s plastic waste emergency
Pakistan, like many nations, is grappling with a mounting crisis – ‘plastic waste’. As we mark the International Day of Zero Waste on March 30, it is imperative to recognise…
Rubbish roads: Nepal explores paving with plastic
Cars speeding along a smooth, black-coloured street in Nepal’s Pokhara are also driving over heaps of discarded plastic, transformed into an ingredient in road construction. Nepal’s urban areas generate about…
Age of plastic
IN the iconic coming-of-age film The Graduate (1967), Dustin Hoffman’s young character, freshly graduated from college, is pulled aside at a party by an acquaintance who bluntly offers him a…
Plastic plague
OUR planet is drowning in plastic. The convenient, cheap and durable nature of plastic has led to its massive production and consumption over the last 70 years. With 9.2 billion…
Pakistan’s plastic paradox
“Only we humans make waste that nature can't digest,” says American oceanographer Charles Moore, who is famous for bringing the world’s attention to the Great Garbage Patch – a vast…
