Mumbai: You Can Check The Verity Of Firecrackers That You Will Be Buying Diwali for pollution norms. National Environmental Engineering and Research Institute (NEERI) has come up with a ‘CSIR’ Neeri ‘Green QR Code App’ to scan the QR code on the cracker box to verify whether the manufacturers have adhered to the NEERI norms (chemical composition or formula prescribed by NEERI for making crackers) or certification as detected . sumaira abdulalik Voice Foundation.
“If Fireworks is actually green, their authentication will pop up. If they don’t have a QR code at all, they’re definitely not the real deal. Take a screenshot of the results with Fireworks, post them using # GreenorNotGreenCrackers and tag @findyourawaaz,” added abdulali in his tweets. Meanwhile, NEERI officials told TOI that Green The firecracker chemical formula developed by NEERI was to be processed and monitored by the Petroleum and Explosive Safety Organization (PESO).
He further said in his tweet on Wednesday, “The app is developed by NEERI, Green Cracker norms are also developed by NEERI and all we have tested are fake as per their own app.”
NGO Awaaz Foundation, of which Ali is the convener, recently tested firecrackers for noise pollution in collaboration with the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). According to their joint test report, most of the products had fake QR codes or bar codes. QR codes detail the manufacturer, date of manufacture, expiry date and chemical content of the product, in addition to the price. It also verifies whether it has complied with the prescribed government standards in terms of noise and emissions.
In a letter to the director of NEERI, which has powers to regulate chemical content to avoid noise and harmful emissions, which can pollute the air, Abdul Ali has pointed out that the firecrackers are claimed to be ‘green’. In having vale and neri stamps, only a few firecrackers are carried. One QR code and the rest had barcodes that do not meet the requirements set by Supreme court. Later, in a tweet, Abdulali said that in most cases the codes were bogus as they did not work at all. It said it found the banned chemical, barium nitrate, in some products.
“If Fireworks is actually green, their authentication will pop up. If they don’t have a QR code at all, they’re definitely not the real deal. Take a screenshot of the results with Fireworks, post them using # GreenorNotGreenCrackers and tag @findyourawaaz,” added abdulali in his tweets. Meanwhile, NEERI officials told TOI that Green The firecracker chemical formula developed by NEERI was to be processed and monitored by the Petroleum and Explosive Safety Organization (PESO).
He further said in his tweet on Wednesday, “The app is developed by NEERI, Green Cracker norms are also developed by NEERI and all we have tested are fake as per their own app.”
NGO Awaaz Foundation, of which Ali is the convener, recently tested firecrackers for noise pollution in collaboration with the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). According to their joint test report, most of the products had fake QR codes or bar codes. QR codes detail the manufacturer, date of manufacture, expiry date and chemical content of the product, in addition to the price. It also verifies whether it has complied with the prescribed government standards in terms of noise and emissions.
In a letter to the director of NEERI, which has powers to regulate chemical content to avoid noise and harmful emissions, which can pollute the air, Abdul Ali has pointed out that the firecrackers are claimed to be ‘green’. In having vale and neri stamps, only a few firecrackers are carried. One QR code and the rest had barcodes that do not meet the requirements set by Supreme court. Later, in a tweet, Abdulali said that in most cases the codes were bogus as they did not work at all. It said it found the banned chemical, barium nitrate, in some products.
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