4-5 plastic bottles are recycled every time Mumbai-based Niyati Shah designs a bag to store plants. So far, she has developed over 100 such bags thus...
While majority of the people in Mumbai are aware of the plastic ban, some sections like vegetable vendors, street hawkers are struggling to switch from plastic...
A recent study by Velocity MR found despite a ban on plastic in 25 states of India, 15,000 tonnes of plastic is procured from cities on...
From single use disposable cutlery, plastic bags to plastic packaging wrapper, this exhibition will have alternatives to all the banned plastic and thermocol items
The collection of the existing stock of plastic lying with citizens is not the end of the fight against plastic - BMC also has to recycle...
Mumbai’s civic body has proposed a reduction in the fine amount to Rs 200 for first-time offenders of the plastic ban that will be effective from...
After urging the people of Meghalaya to shun plastics from their lives on World Environment Day, chief minister Conrad Sangma has vowed to never use plastic...
With Gujarat government’s new plan of a reverse vending machine to discard plastic bottles, for every PET bottle, ragpickers and individuals can earn upto Rs. 1...
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation installed city’s first recycling vending machine at Kankari lake and has launched a helpline number where citizens can request for a free pickup...
The stork with a beak stuck together in a plastic ring reaffirms the threat posed by plastic
Urban local bodies in Telangana will have discontinue usage and ban stocking of single use plastic items to curb the plastic menace in the state
To stop plastic waste from entering the ocean, the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences will assess the extent and source of marine litter along India's coastline
34-year-old Dr Swaminathan Chandramouli runs “Doctor on Wheels”, a mobile-healthcare initiative to provide at-home medical services to senior citizens in...
70-year-old Dr Arunoday Mondal, a Padma awardee has been providing healthcare services for free to rural Sundarbans for over two...
Padma awardee Dr. Neelam Kler highlighted the importance of having a holistic healthcare approach to reduce neonatal and maternal mortality...
Dr Indira Chakravarty, who is a Public Health Specialist, said that the Banega Swasth India campaign has helped people understand...
Currently working as the Chairman of the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals in Hyderabad, Padma awardee Dr Nageshwar...
