Plastic Waste

With the help of more than 180 branches across the country, the Safai Bank of India has till now stopped more than 22 Lakh plastic wrappers from reaching landfills ...

Actor Bhumi Pednekar urges everyone to stop using single-use plastic says, ‘Lets make this world a better place’ ...

South Delhi Municipal Corporation’s Bharat Darshan Park will be home to replicas of some of India's best monuments made using waste material ...

Environment officials in Philippines are combining the ash from Taal volcano with sand, cement and discarded plastic to form about 5,000 bricks per day for local building projects ...

Delhi’s first garbage café opened its door in a restaurant in Vardhman Mall of Dwarka in South Delhi ...

Thai shopper’s innovative ways to tackle the plastic bag ban is winning hearts on social media ...

Recycling is the biggest theme of Tokyo Olympics 2020 as different kinds of waste is being recycling to create medals, podiums and now beds for athletes ...

Under Amritsar’s Municipal Corporation Smart City initiative around 10 plastic bottle crusher machines on Heritage Street near Golden Temple were put up last year, each worth Rs 5 lakh, but till date, each of the machines remain untouched and unused, tourists, residents speak up ...

Students' initiative also caught the attention of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who lauded their efforts to increase awareness on the hazards of single-use plastics ...

Jellyfish Watersports, an eco-friendly water sports and activities organising group, has built the marine cemetery from single-use plastic in collaboration with the District Administration of Kozhikode, Kerala to remind about the overexploitation of environment that has led to the endangerment of eight marine species and a freshwater fish ...

The art installation at Fort Kochi beach involves a 25 feet high plastic water bottle made using 1500 single-use plastic water bottles or PET bottles of 1litre capacity each ...

Here's a look at the year 2019 and steps taken by India to beat plastic pollution and move towards achieving its goal of being a plastic-free country by 2022 ...