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News8 years agoIndia's Cleanest City For Fourth Time In A Row - Indore Earns ₹4 Crore Annually Through Proper Waste Management
Indore Municipal Corporation after getting crowned as India’s cleanest city for the fourth consecutive time said that Indore has been earning about ₹4 crore annually by...
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Maharashtra8 years ago
By Helping Offices, Events To Go Zero Waste, This 34-Year-Old From Mumbai Is Reducing Garbage Load On Landfills
Massive fire at Deonar landfill in Mumbai prompted 34-year-old Divya Ravichandran to try and understand India’s waste crisis and adopt ‘my waste is my responsibility’ mantra...
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News8 years ago
Drink Your Coffee Then Eat The 'Dishes', Air New Zealand Ditches Single-Use Plastic And Switches To Edible Coffee Cups
With an aim to reduce plastic waste generated during flights, Air New Zealand, the national carrier of New Zealand has switched to edible coffee cups that...
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Haryana8 years ago
These Young Students From Gurugram Saved 14,000 Plastic Wrappers From Ending Up In Landfills, Here’s How
In a bid to raise awareness about the menace caused by plastic packaging, these young students from a Gurugram school organised a plastic wrapper collection drive
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News8 years ago
New Initiative In Bhubaneswar Offers Meal In Exchange For Plastic Waste
With an aim to address the problem of increasing plastic waste, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation has started an ‘Aahar Scheme’ under which people can go to any...
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News8 years ago
Clean-Up Drive At Siachen Sees Army Jawans Clear Tonnes Of Plastic Waste Through Plogging
'Plastic Se Raksha - Swachhata Hi Suraksha', with this as their motto, Army jawans at Siachen conduct clean-up drive through plogging
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Chhattisgarh8 years ago
Chhattisgarh Bags Another Swachh Tag, Becomes The Most Efficient State In Waste Management: Government
According to the annual report on waste management by Ministry Of Housing And Urban Development, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Karnataka are few of the bigger...
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Waste Management8 years ago
Country’s First Plogger Ripu Daman Bevli Felicitated By Central Government As Fit India Ambassador For Plogging
Plogging is a fitness trend that began in Sweden in 2016 that involves jogging and 'plocka upp' (Swedish for 'pick up') non-biodegradable waste on the way
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News8 years ago
Indian-origin Researcher Finds A Way To Recycle Banana Plantation Waste Into Packaging Material
According to Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot from University of New South Wales, banana growing industry produces large amounts of organic waste, with only 12 per cent...
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News8 years ago
Can India Be A ‘Plastic-Free Country’ By 2022?
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...
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News8 years ago
Mann Ki Baat: PM Narendra Modi Lauds Scuba Drivers From Visakhapatnam Who Removed 4,000 Kilograms Of Plastic Waste From The Sea
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hails scuba divers from Visakhapatnam who initiated a clean-up drive on Mangamaripeta beach and managed to remove 4,000 kilograms of plastic waste
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News8 years ago
Kanpur Waste Forcing Village Youth Into Bachelorhood
According to the residents of villages near Kanpur, eligible youngsters in the village are apparently not getting marriage proposals as they are afflicted with communicable diseases...
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News8 years ago
After Chhattisgarh's, ‘Meal In Exchange For Plastic Waste’, Odisha Starts A Similar Scheme
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
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Diwali Special8 years ago
Happy Diwali 2019: Nearly 9,000 Students In Pune Take An Oath To Celebrate A Plastic-Free Diwali
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...
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Delhi8 years ago
Indian Institute Of Technology Developing Solutions To Reduce And Use Part Of Waste From Municipal Drains In Delhi
In a bid to tackle the problem of clogged drains in various parts of Delhi, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) along with East Delhi Municipal Corporation...
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