Harbour waters getting worse, quicklyâ
By Duncan Guy
Durban - Pollution in Durban waters from stormwater drains and rivers is âgetting worse, quicklyâ.
Renowned angler Wally Watt is not alone in this thinking and like-minded DA PR councillor Shamendri Sewshankar is motivating a meeting of all stakeholders at the harbour âto sit around a table and hammer out a way forwardâ.
âWeâve got to start cleaning it up. Every time there is heavy rain there is a floating sea of pollution. Itâs pathetic,â she told the Independent on Saturday.
Filth from stormwater drains and the three rivers that feed in to Durban harbour creates an eyesore at the yacht mole. Picture: Supplied.
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Consider the clear and growing problem of plastic pollution. Every minute, the equivalent of a dump truck full of plastic waste seeps into our oceans, and that number is projected to nearly triple by 2040. In order to close the loop on waste flowing into our oceans and other ecosystems, we need to create a truly circular economy in which plastic maintains its value at every stage of its life cycle, stopping it from becoming waste in the first place. But in order to accomplish that, we first
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Newspapers, cans, bottles and other recycled material sits in a huge pile at the Winters Bros. Waste Systems of Connecticut recycling facility on White Street in Danbury.Hearst Connecticut Media file photo
In 1991, the state passed its mandatory recycling law.
In the three decades that have passed, much has changed. But not the laws, or people’s habits. They pull their garbage and recyclables to the curb for pick-up and think they’ve done their part.
“Something like 85 percent of people in the state want to recycle properly and they think they are doing it properly,” said Bethel First Selectman Matt Knickerbocker.
The National Green Tribunal last week observed that plastic pens are covered under the meaning of plastic as provided in Rule 3(o) of the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2018 and therefore, they are also covered by the statutory framework of the said Rules.
The bench also directed the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to finalize the Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) mechanism. It also directed the Central Pollution Control Board to coordinate with the Pollution Control Boards of other States and State Level Monitoring Committees on its implementation.
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The petitioner, Avani Mishra, was aggrieved by the