The resolution adopted by the United Nations Environment Assembly on addressing single-use plastic pollution urges members to develop national or regional plans, propose environment-friendly alternatives and...
Ms. Joyce Msuya also praised India's commitment to eliminate single-use plastic by 2022, calling it a tremendous move
The Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management & Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 amendment has been done keeping into consideration the 'Ease of Doing Business' and boosting 'Make...
The petitioner seeking the ban has claimed that the campaigning material made of plastic are used during the elections and later discarded as waste, which is...
Mayank Jain from Chennai has substituted around 10,000 plastic straws with reusable steel straws within a period of three months
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has laid down standard guidelines to be followed by the states and Union Territories regarding single-use plastics and...
Muzaffarpur has become the cleanest city of Bihar and the first city in North India to follow waste segregation at source, the waste management model of...
Teenagers Jai and Preet Aswani from Chennai aim to make one lakh cloth bags from old bedsheets and pillow covers to replace plastic carry bags, post...
In a bid to draw the tech-savvy generation’s attention to the plastic ban of Tamil Nadu in Thoothukudi, an IAS officer has started a social media...
Madurai Municipal Corporation has organised an exchange drive for 15 days starting from December 31, 2018 where thousands of citizens are depositing their plastic items and...
India generates 5.6 million tonnes of plastic waste annually and it aims to eliminate single-use plastic items by 2022. Here’s a look at steps taken by...
From December 23, the Bihar government imposes a complete ban on the manufacture, store, import, transport, sale and use of plastic carry bags in the state
