As per a recent study published in Journal of Water Research, pieces of plastic break down further during treatment processes, reducing the performance of treatment plants...
At the 14th Conference of Parties (COP14) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated his commitment to ban single-use...
Inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for shunning the use of plastics, the vegetable sellers of the capital city Agartala’s biggest vegetable market have taken...
Given the environmental risks involved with Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations, well known personalities and devotees welcome Ganesha with a green twist this year
Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan has issued directions to his departments to come up with alternatives to plastic water...
PM Modi initiated the ‘make India #PlasticFree’ movement on August 15 and recently in his monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat took his appeal of a...
Single-use plastic that covers cups, straws, among others are likely to be banned from October 2, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a mass movement against...
The central government's Department of Biotechnology has collected over 500 tonnes of plastic waste in three months with the help of small pilot projects at Barapullah...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges the citizens to start a fight against plastic waste and make it a mass movement just like Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
In a bid to make Indore single-use plastic-free, the Municipal Corporation of Indore is bringing back ‘lotas’ and metal utensils in government offices and is setting...
World Health Organisation research shows that microplastics found in some bottled water seem to be at least partly due to the bottling process and/or packaging such...
The Ministry of Railways has urged the Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to set up plastic bottle crushing machines in major railway stations and increase...
