Green crackers cause less noise pollution, say experts

Category : Noise Pollution | Location : Punjab  | Posted on 2022-10-06 08:52:39

Green crackers have remained the buzzword during every Diwali season for the last few years. Considering a significant increase in air pollution during the Diwali festival, several states have allowed the use of green crackers for limited hours. While the concept of green crackers was introduced by the CSIR-National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) in 2018, we talk to experts to know how green these crackers are.

Prof Adarsh Pal Vig, a GNDU faculty, who is also Chairman of Punjab Pollution Control Board, says that crackers made without using any of the heavy metals, which were banned in 2018, can be termed as green crackers. “Use of dangerous elements like lead, chromium, barium, arsenic, lithium, etc were banned while manufacturing crackers.

Source: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/amritsar/green-crackers-cause-less-noise-pollution-say-experts-438529