Biomedical waste has become a major issue, now that it comes from every household due to COVID-19, writes Ripu Daman Bevli, Founder, Litter Free India movement...
Residents of Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district may now have to think twice before littering on streets as the municipal corporation has decided to...
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) noted that even at several kilometres below the sea level, organisms were commonly found to have incorporated plastics...
India generates approximately 25,000 to 30,000 tonnes of plastic waste every day out of which around 10,556 tonnes of plastic waste per day remains uncollected and...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged everyone to lend their support to his initiatives Fit India Movement and Clean India Mission by choosing to plog ( jogging...
In the latest advertisement of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Kangana Ranaut promotes waste management, urgeS people to use dustbins
In the heroes of Swachh India the Independence Day special, we look at lawyer turned ocean lover and environmentalist Afroz Shah’s journey, who has put up...
Meet the community change makers who are taking the lead in helping India cope with environmental crisis
In an attempt to ensure cleanliness, the Margao civic body’s Garbage Sentinel Scheme aims to give the informant Rs 1,000 for reporting a violation to the...
Victor Vescovo, a retired naval officer said he made the unsettling discovery as he descended nearly 6.8 miles to a point in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana...
With an aim to check littering and maintain cleanliness in the Kheerganga trek route, the forest department of Himachal Pradesh has decided to charge Rs. 50...
In a bid to reduce the piling waste on the lanes of Muzaffarnagar and to make the citizens mindful of their habit of littering, the district...
The National Green Tribunal had earlier directed the Indian railways to develop all the major stations into ‘eco-smart stations’ in a phased manner and put in...
The single-use plastic ban is part of the comprehensive ‘Single-Use Plastics Directive’, aimed at reducing ocean pollution
“Plant that one tree, pick up that one plastic bottle, the little things matter,” said 17-year-old Charlotte Wanja in an emotional speech to delegates from 170...