{"id":374942,"date":"2026-11-03T17:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T11:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=374942"},"modified":"2026-11-03T17:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T11:58:19","slug":"green-crackers-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/green-crackers-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Crackers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Chandigarh administration has allowed only certified green crackers during Diwali, following wider efforts to reduce firecracker pollution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Green Crackers<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_374954\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-374954\" style=\"width: 335px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-374954\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Source-CSIR.jpg?resize=335%2C391&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Green Crackers\" width=\"335\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Source-CSIR.jpg?resize=257%2C300&amp;ssl=1 257w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Source-CSIR.jpg?w=758&amp;ssl=1 758w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-374954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; CSIR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Green crackers<\/strong> are <strong>low-emission firecrackers<\/strong> designed to <strong>reduce air and noise pollution<\/strong> compared with conventional firecrackers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Developed by:<\/strong> Scientists at the <strong>Council of Scientific and Industrial Research\u2013National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI)<\/strong> developed green crackers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> They aim <strong>to reduce particulate matter (PM)<\/strong> and gaseous emissions while allowing safer celebrations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Composition:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Chemical composition: <strong>Green crackers contain 29% aluminium, 28% potassium nitrate, 38% CSIR-NEERI&#8217;s proprietary material (Fe\u2082O\u2083) and 5% sulphur.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>Reduced chemicals:<\/em> They <strong>use reduced quantities of certain raw materials and exclude chemicals<\/strong> such as <strong>barium nitrate, lithium, mercury, arsenic and cadmium.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Emission reduction:<\/strong> They <strong>offer a 30% reduction in particulate matter emissions<\/strong> and aim to reduce gaseous emissions by at least 10%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lower chemical usage:<\/strong> They <strong>reduce alluminium<\/strong> <strong>usage by 14%, sulphur by 44% and potassium nitrate by 50%.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Noise control:<\/strong> They are designed to <strong>produce noise levels below 125 decibels at 4 m.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Identification:<\/strong> <strong>Certified crackers carry CSIR-NEERI and PESO logos and encrypted QR codes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Chandigarh administration has allowed only certified green crackers during Diwali, following wider efforts to reduce firecracker pollution. About Green Crackers Green crackers are low-emission firecrackers designed to reduce air and noise pollution compared with conventional firecrackers. Developed by: Scientists at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research\u2013National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI) developed&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/green-crackers-3\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Green Crackers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,1738,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-374942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}