Municipal Corporation Of Delhi Asks Officials To Clean Up At Least One Illegal Waste Dumping Site In All 12 zones

The ‘100 days to beat plastic' campaign was launched by LG V K Saxena to curb plastic pollution in Delhi and implement the ban on single-use...

Replace Plastic Bags With Cloth Bags: PM Modi To Citizens In 'Mann Ki Baat'

Waste to wealth' is also an important dimension of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. This is becoming a good source of income for them along with ensuring...

Mann Ki Baat: PM Narendra Modi Praises Odisha Woman For 'Waste To Wealth' Efforts

Kamala Mohrana, a native of Kendrapada district of Odisha, runs a self-help group (SHG) that makes several things such as baskets and mobile stands from milk...

In A Message To Sustainability, PM Modi Wears Jacket Made From Recycled Plastic Bottles

Under the 'Unbottled' initiative of Indian Oil, the Prime Minister on February 6 had launched the uniforms made from recycled plastic at the ongoing India Energy...

Say No To Plastic: ATM-Like Machines For Cloth Bags Installed In Madhya Pradesh's Indore

Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) has installed ATM-like machines for cloth bags at five main market locations in the city in which one can deposit a Rs...

AIIMS Delhi Bans Use Of Single-Use Plastic In Hospital Premises, Campus

AIIMS New Delhi to chip in and Ban Single-Use Plastic (SUP) items in the Hospital Premises and in the Campus, in accordance with plastic waste management...

Haryana Man On Mission To Clean Up Litter From Himalayas

Every year, his team of the Healing Himalayas goes up for a trek and collect all the trash, including plastic bottles, multi-layer packaging plastic waste. Then,...

Man Cycling To Bangladesh From Daman And Diu With Message To Shun Single-Use Plastic

Anil Chauhan has cycled 11,000 km from Daman and Diu to Lucknow, and aims to pedal his way to Bangladesh raising awareness about the scourge of...

Understanding Solid Waste Management Rules 2016

The Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 are the sixth category of waste management rules brought out by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The...

Centre's Ban On Single-Use Plastic Lacks Preparation: Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai

The Centre did not prepare enough to provide people alternatives and shift manufacturing units to green options before banning single-use plastic and the curb cannot be...

Chinese Scientists Develop Robot Fish To "Eat" Microplastics In The Ocean

Soft to touch and just 1.3 centimetres (0.5 inch) in size, these robots already suck up microplastics in shallow water

Delhi Government Forms Enforcement Teams To Monitor Single-Use Plastic Ban

Delhi Environment Minister, Gopal Rai informed that 15 teams of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and 33 teams of Revenue Department will work to inspect...

Fight Against Plastic Pollution Is The Mission Of 18-year-old Climate Warrior Aditya Mukarji

Aditya talks to Team Banega Swasth India and discusses his latest initiatives and his journey as the UN's young climate leader

Single-Use Plastic Ban In India Explained: What Will Be The Challenges And What Should We Expect?

Team Banega Swasth India speaks with an expert from Centre for Science and Environment on the significance of the Single-use-plastic ban in India effective from July...

Single-Use Plastic Ban: Large FMCG, Agro-Food Companies Switch To Paper-Based Straws

The government's ban on single-use plastics, including plastic straw, is going to be effective from July 1, 2022