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A Global Plastics Treaty is being negotiated under the aegis of the UNEP. This is an outcome of the advocacy with the United Nations Environment Assembly by several civil society organisations globally since 2017. There are to be 4 rounds of negotiations of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Co...

Energy GPT (Global Plastics Treaty)

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October 27, 2023

Tanvi Deshpande

Three Months On, India’s Single-Use Plastic Ban A Dud

Banned plastic including straws, cutlery found in circulation in Mumbai and Delhi. Experts call the ban weak and ask that big players, that produce more plastic, and more plastic items be brought under the ban’s ambit Three months after India banned certain single-use plastic items to tackle p...

Coverage Energy Oil and gas Plastics

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October 27, 2023

CFA Admin

The Story of India’s Plastics – Part 2

In Part 2 of this series, we dive into the industry landscape, trends in our consumption, and some unanswered questions about India’s plastics. Read Part 1 here. To fight plastic pollution, it is essential that we face the big, uncomfortable questions about the plastics industrial complex that keeps...

Energy General Oil and gas Plastics

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October 27, 2023

CFA Admin

The Story of India’s Plastics – Part 1

India has a fascinating history with plastics that has led to a thriving plastics industry and a complex environmental issue. In Part 1 of this new series, we explore what exactly plastics are and where they come from. Plastics are everywhere. They linger on our roads, clutter our homes, and inv...

Energy General Oil and gas Plastics

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March 11, 2026

CFA Admin

How is Plastic Made?

Ever wondered how plastics are created from crude oil and other raw materials? Check out this 1-minute video to find out! The plastics we know and use daily look nothing like their original raw materials. In this short video, we cover the basic steps involved in turning crude oil into plastic materi...

Energy Oil and gas Plastics Videos

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October 27, 2023

Swathi Seshadri

India’s Plastic Ban: A triumph for the fossil fuel industry?

Effective July 1, 2022, the Union government has banned identified single use plastics (SUPs) as mandated by the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2021. The stated aim of this ban is to arrest plastic pollution by targeting low-utility high-littering SUPs. Going by industry estimates this ban would t...

Coverage Energy General Oil and gas Plastics

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April 1, 2022

Om Prakash Singh

From (de)control to ease of privatisation

The union government deregulated the price of petrol in 2010 and diesel in 2015, after which, on paper, oil marketing companies (OMCs) were free to fix the price of the respective fuel, based on their cost and profit calculations. Even after the prices were deregulated, the union government continue...

Energy General Oil and gas

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March 21, 2024

Swathi Seshadri

Oil Security or Oil Dependency?

Mr. Amit Bhandari, in his article “A sovereign wealth fund for oil security” published in the Financial Express on February 1, 2022 suggests that despite the push for renewable energy and electric vehicles, the world will still be dependent on oil, natural gas and coal to fulfil its energy requireme...

Coal Energy General Oil Oil and gas

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October 27, 2023

Ashi Datta

The National Capital’s Experience with Waste to Energy

What are waste to energy plants? Waste to energy plants (WTEs) use waste as a fuel for generating power like other power stations use coal, oil or natural gas. They typically burn mixed municipal solid waste to produce steam in a boiler that is used to generate electricity. Municipal Solid waste i...

Energy General Oil and gas WTE(Waste to Energy)

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October 27, 2023

Varsha Patel

Finance, Plastics & Land: What are Plastic Parks? Inside the Assam Plastic Park

Introduction Promotional Image of Tinsukia Plastic Park. Picture courtesy: Advantage Assam/Twitter Big money is set to fuel the making of more plastics in India. The production of phenolics in India began in 1947 and the first thermoplastics (polystyrene) were made in 1957 (PlastIndia, 2019). In 201...

Energy General Oil and gas Plastics

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Global Plastics Treaty

Three Months On, India’s Single-Use Plastic Ban A Dud

The Story of India’s Plastics – Part 2

The Story of India’s Plastics – Part 1

How is Plastic Made?

India’s Plastic Ban: A triumph for the fossil fuel industry?

From (de)control to ease of privatisation

Oil Security or Oil Dependency?

The National Capital’s Experience with Waste to Energy

Finance, Plastics & Land: What are Plastic Parks? Inside the Assam Plastic Park

Global Plastics Treaty

Three Months On, India’s Single-Use Plastic Ban A Dud

The Story of India’s Plastics – Part 2

The Story of India’s Plastics – Part 1

How is Plastic Made?

India’s Plastic Ban: A triumph for the fossil fuel industry?

From (de)control to ease of privatisation

Oil Security or Oil Dependency?

The National Capital’s Experience with Waste to Energy

Finance, Plastics & Land: What are Plastic Parks? Inside the Assam Plastic Park