In an effort towards becoming a plastic-free state, authorities in Assam decide to switch to bamboo bins from current plastic dustbins ...
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Prachee Mandlekar, Debyani Basu and Shikha Agarwal from Bengaluru opened a zero-waste store or a store where products and packaging is plastic free to spread awareness about plastic pollution ...
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Mayank Jain from Chennai has substituted around 10,000 plastic straws with reusable steel straws within a period of three months ...
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami recently launched reverse plastic vending machine to recycle plastic bottles in Chennai ...
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In order to comply with the company’s sustainability policy, Samsung Electronics plans to minimise plastic use and replace product packaging with environment-friendly materials by the first half of 2019 ...
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The hospitality industry of one of India’s main tourist hub, Jaipur is adopting green alternatives like paper straws and organic farming, to not just to go eco-friendly but also to generate employment opportunities for locals ...
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To make the Republic Day celebrations eco-friendly, Chinu Kwatra from Mumbai and Sathya Sai Orphanage Trust from Thiruvananthapuram are encouraging people to avoid plastic flags and opt for alternatives that grow into plants ...
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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 asserts that the government offices and events must completely ban all types of plastic ...
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A study was conducted to examine levels of awareness and people’s attitudes towards the environmental impact of menstrual hygiene products. Majority of participants involved in the survey were shocked at the amount of plastic in commonly-used disposable menstrual products ...
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From cutting down on plastic bottles by arranging for water dispensers, distributing cloth bags to segregating waste on site, here’s how Mumbai Marathon hopes to make the event zero waste ...
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Airports Authority Of India has decided to make 129 airports in the country single-use plastic free, out of which 16 airports have successfully become plastic free ...
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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 challenge asking people to share pictures of their cloth bags and nominate their friends to do the same ...
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