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The average airline passenger creates 1.4kg of cabin waste, which can include leftover food, plastic wrapping from blankets, or items tossed in the bins, according to estimates from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

The airline body said flights could churn out six million tonnes of cabin waste next year, when passenger traffic is expected to fully recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. 

That is enough to fill about 11,700 Olympic-sized pools.

Up to a quarter of the waste comes from untouched food and beverage. 

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday urged the youth of the state to focus on processing and packaging of agriculture produces and items.

He said various produces from the state are in high demand globally and proper processing and packaging will ensure even more endorsement of these products.

Sarma was speaking after inaugurating a 5,000 metric-tonne-capacity cold-storage facility at Chaygaon and a fruit-processing centre at the food-processing park at Satabari, both under Kamrup district.

Railways advises passengers to secure the vehicle with cushion material to avoid any damage during travel in parcel van, however since no packaging service was available at railway stations, passengers were forced to do the packing themselves. and then it was brought to the railways. Pay hefty sums to the station for parcel booking, or to brokers for packages and parcels.
Now Agra Division of NCR Zone, Lucknow Division of NER and NR Zone have started this service. Agra CanttAgra Fort, Mathura Junction, Lucknow Junction, Charbagh, Varanasi Junction and Gorakhpur confluence.

 Our upcoming webinar will discuss Food Packaging in Space and will go over: 
•    The need for advanced packaging design in space
•    Technology developments over the years
•    Types of different packaging in use
•    Differences between NASA’s and Russian packaging
•    Equipment used for packaging and storage as well as to aid preparation and consumption of meals in space
•    Packaging limitations
•    Scope of further research
 

The transportation & storage of BioHazardous Materials such as medical specimens, medical waste and virulent, infectious substances require the utmost care and security. Because these substances can pose safety and health hazards, any cases used in shipping or transport must meet strict regulations and standards. 

“IIT-Mandi has given its consent and has submitted a proposal of Rs 18 lakh for carrying out the research for designing the material. The institute has sought a time period of 18 months to finalise the design,” said board’s Managing Director Naresh Thakur.

The proposal will now come up in the Board of Directors meeting of the marketing board for final approval. “The meeting was scheduled for March 2, but has been postponed for a while,” said Thakur.