Curbs on fireworks binding on all States: Supreme Court

Subject: Environment

Section: Pollution

Context:

The Supreme Court clarified that its orders to minimise air and noise pollution caused by firecrackers bind States across the country and not just Delhi National Capital Region.

Details:

The desire to protect the environment has to be a part of the “collective consciousness of society”.

Green crackers:

‘Green crackers’ are low-emission fireworks that is developed by CSIR-NEERI (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research – National Environmental Engineering Research Institute).
Green Crackers do not comprise of harmful chemicals like arsenic, lithium, barium, and lead.
They release water vapour which does not allow the dust to rise and thereby reducing the emissions.
The manufacturing cost of these crackers will almost be the same, or may even cost less than the traditional crackers
To differentiate green crackers from the regular ones, the system of Quick Response (QR) coding has been developed.
These crackers are believed to cause 30 per cent less particulate matter pollution as compared to traditional crackers.
The approval for these crackers is given by Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO), Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industries.

These green crackers have been named as:

They will discharge water vapour into the atmosphere, which will dampen the discharged dust.
It won’t contain sulphur or potassium nitrate.
There will be a release of a diluent for gaseous emissions.
There will be a 30% reduction in the amount of particle dust emitted.

Source of this article: The Hindu