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Crackers with QR Code – Delhi

September 24 , 2019 1807 days 1485 0
  • Delhi- NCR region will have crackers with a unique logo and QR code on the boxes for Deepavali 2019.
    • unique logo on the boxes to help people identify whether they are buying low-emission green crackers or the regular highly-polluting ones.
    • QR codes will have production and emission testing details
  • These green crackers will have both sound and light.
  • Supreme Court had earlier instructed that only green crackers should be burst in Delhi-NCR region.

Green crackers

  • According to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research following crackers are “green crackers”
    • firecrackers that cause 30-35% lower emissions of particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5)
    • 35-40% lower sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions
  • They have low content of aluminium and use of barium salts and ash as a drying agent is banned in these crackers.

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