03 October 2018, 05:30 am
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
Programme Type
Discussions
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
 
Plastic Pollution: Is the Crisis deeper than you know and how can India combat it?
Panelists: Ravi Agarwal, Chairman, Environment Committee of the All India Plastic Industries Association; Dr. Suneel Pandey, Director, Environment & Waste Management Division, TERI; Dr. Shyamala Mani, Professor, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA); and Priti Mahesh, Chief Programme Coordinator, Toxics Link
 
The discussion will address the causes, challenges and adverse effect of plastics on our health and the environment. It will also examine existing policies, regulations, the role of enforcing agencies in tackling the problem and the way forward in India’s green future
 
(Collaboration: Toxics Link)