Following an investigation by Consumers International that personal data is being used in a non-transparent way by dating app Tinder to set the prices that consumers pay for services, CAG wrote to the Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, asking that this be looked into.
One sanitary pad could take as long as 500 to 800 years to decompose. Imagine the legacy we are leaving our future generations as we use and throw away sanitary pads, tampons and diapers! Is there a way out of this? Find out on Studio CAG.
The closure of scrap shops during the lockdowns impacted the livelihoods of informal waste pickers. CAG with help from Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives distributed 150 relief kits to informal waste pickers in #Chennai on 01.10.21. Let's listen to their ordeal & how the relief kits helped them.
This recent study reveals that the recycling process transfers the toxins in plastic to the recycled plastic; and because recycling typically mixes several types of plastic together, could produce new chemical cocktails in the process.
Plastic pollution is a wicked problem, posing a challenge that currently seems to surpass our ability to tackle it. To tackle it we need collective, and collaborative efforts of producers, citizens, policymakers, and governance systems. At the forefront of such efforts, taking responsibility for the waste they create, should be the producers. However, one cannot think of recycling or tout it as a solution to the plastic litter problem owing to its severe limitations technically and effects on health.
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Consumer Protection is one of CAG's core areas of work and as part of our efforts to educate and inform consumers on various consumer issues and related happenings, including our own activities, we publish "Consumer Update", a bi-monthly e-newsletter.
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This survey was conducted by CAG in November 2021 to understand the practice of re-use of cooking oil among street vendors in Tamil Nadu.