Plastic Waste

People Join Hands Against Single-Use Plastic In Dehradun, Form A 50 Km Long Human Chain To Raise Awareness

Indian Oil Corporation Close To Plastics-To-Oil Tech Breakthrough

Halloween 2019: Chandigarh Sensitises People With The Theme ‘Harrows Of Plastic’ Says #PlasticKaTimeUp

Turn Plastic Trash Into Treasure By This New Method

After Chhattisgarh’s, ‘Meal In Exchange For Plastic Waste’, Odisha Starts A Similar Scheme

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People Join Hands Against Single-Use Plastic In Dehradun, Form A 50 Km Long Human Chain To Raise Awareness

Written By: Barkha Mathur | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar

November 6, 2019

To curb the use of plastic, more than one lakh citizens of Dehradun made a 50-kilometre long human chain to spread awareness against single-use plastic and to encourage people to give up the use of polythene bags from their daily lives ...

Indian Oil Corporation Close To Plastics-To-Oil Tech Breakthrough

IANS

November 3, 2019

According to an official from Indian Oil Corporation, the organisation is working on putting such a system in place that can produce oil from plastics waste since plastics are derived from petrochemicals and thus take a step forward in addressing the rising problem of plastic pollution ...

Halloween 2019: Chandigarh Sensitises People With The Theme ‘Harrows Of Plastic’ Says #PlasticKaTimeUp

Written By: Aastha Ahuja | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar

November 1, 2019

As part of their campaign ‘Plastic Ka Time Up’ which aims at making Chandigarh free of plastic, the Department of Public Relations organised a Halloween rally on theme ‘Harrows of Plastic' ...

Turn Plastic Trash Into Treasure By This New Method

ANI

October 31, 2019

The study published in the journal ACS Central Science talks about a new method for upcycling low-value plastics into high-quality liquid products to improve current recycling methods ...

After Chhattisgarh’s, ‘Meal In Exchange For Plastic Waste’, Odisha Starts A Similar Scheme

Written By: Anisha Bhatia | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar

October 30, 2019

Odisha follows footsteps of, India’s Second Cleanest City Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, kick-starts an initiative wherein poor people will get free meals in exchange of plastic waste ...

Happy Diwali 2019: Nearly 9,000 Students In Pune Take An Oath To Celebrate A Plastic-Free Diwali

Written By: Barkha Mathur | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar

October 25, 2019

Diwali 2019: Urging children and their parents to ditch plastic packaging and opt for eco-friendly options, Pune Municipal Corporation administers an oath in over 90 schools to celebrate a plastic-free Diwali ...

Bring Your Own Container: Odisha’s Ganjam District Introduces Milk ATMs, Bids Adieu To Plastic Pouches

Written By: Aastha Ahuja | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar

October 25, 2019

Ganjam district in Odisha has introduced milk ATMs to phase out the use of single-use plastics and bring back the tradition of buying milk in one’s own containers ...

Environmentalists Hail Government’s Move To Prohibit The Import Of Plastic Waste

PTI

October 18, 2019

As the Environment ministry prohibited the import of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) flakes made from used PET bottles, green activists suggest recycling industry to collect and use the locally produced PET waste so it can help the country become plastic waste-free ...

Give One Kilo Plastic Waste To Get One Kilo Rice, A 10-Day Drive In Mulugu, Telangana To Take On Plastic Pollution

Written By: Barkha Mathur | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar

October 18, 2019

District Administration of Mulugu in Telengana has set up plastic waste collection centres in all villages in a bid to collect plastic waste and curb single-use plastic materials ...