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Plastic Menace: ‘Punch In The Gut’ As Scientists Find Micro Plastic In Arctic Ice

With an aim to investigate the impact of climate change on the Artic, a team of scientists from United States of America tested ice-samples and found...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Urges People To Free India From Single-Use Plastic, On Independence Day

Delhi6 years ago

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Urges People To Free India From Single-Use Plastic, On Independence Day

While addressing the citizens on the occasion of Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the country will fight against the use of plastic and...

Heroes Of Swachh India: Replacing Plastic With Compostable Alternatives, Rhea Mazumdar Singhal Of Ecoware Helps Fight Plastic Pollution

Independence Day6 years ago

Heroes Of Swachh India: Replacing Plastic With Compostable Alternatives, Rhea Mazumdar Singhal Of Ecoware Helps Fight Plastic Pollution

Rhea Mazumdar Singhal, introduced 100 per cent biodegradable and compostable tableware and cutlery in India way back in 2009 to fight the ever-growing plastic menace

Plastic Pollution: Green Turtles Eating Plastic As It Resembles Their Food, Finds A New Study

News6 years ago

Plastic Pollution: Green Turtles Eating Plastic As It Resembles Their Food, Finds A New Study

As per a new study published in the journal ‘Scientific Reports’, plastics that resemble as sea grass attract green turtles and out of the 34 turtles...

Travel From Delhi To Mumbai Made Plastic Free, Courtesy This Airlines

News6 years ago

Travel From Delhi To Mumbai Made Plastic Free, Courtesy This Airlines

To beat plastic pollution by reducing the use of plastic, Vistara airlines has decided to use paper cups to serve water to economy class passengers

Swachh Warriors6 years ago

‘I Am Not A Hero, Just An Everyday Person Who Is Doing His Bit For The Planet,’ Mantra Of This Marathon Enthusiast Who Has Been Picking Up Trash During His Runs

Meet 39-year-old Srini Swaminathan from Chennai who has been cleaning different parts of India by jogging and cleaning or plogging

Goa Makes COVID-19 Negative Certificate Mandatory For People Entering State

Goa6 years ago

Hotels Owned By Goa Tourism To Ban Single-Use-Plastic To Meet The State’s Goal Of Going Plastic Free By 2022

In a bid to fulfill its New Year resolution made in 2018 to make Goa free from plastic by 2022, Goa Tourism Development Corporation, a premiere...

Chhattisgarh6 years ago

India’s Second Cleanest City Ambikapur To Open One-of-a Kind ‘Garbage Café’ That Will Help Managing City’s Plastic Waste Effectively

In Chhattisgarh’s Ambikapur, Municipal Corporation decides to introduce India’s first Garbage Café wherein food to the poor and homeless will be provided for free of cost...

Waste Warriors Of India6 years ago

An RJ From Bengaluru Leaves His 12-year-old Career Behind, Takes Over His Family’s Juice Corner And Makes It Zero-Waste

Planning to live a zero-waste lifestyle, take inspiration from Anand Raaj from Bengaluru who left his 12-year-old radio jockey career, took over his father's Juice shop...

News6 years ago

Juhu Beach Turns Into A Sea Of Garbage, Courtesy Mumbai Rains

Mumbai’s Juhu beach once again bears the brunt of, the Arabian Sea spitting out tonnes of waste mostly plastic, including bags, bottles, among others along the...

Features6 years ago

Five Years Of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Living In A Sea Of Garbage, A 25-Year-Old Waste Picker’s Take On Life In A New Delhi Slum

India’s waste woes continue unabated despite five years of the biggest clean-up campaign, Swachh Bharat Abiyan. Here’s a glimpse of the next big challenge from a...

News6 years ago

15,000 Discarded Plastic Bottles Used To Build A ‘Wall Of Hope’ In Mussoorie

The 'Wall of Hope' aims to spread the message of keeping surroundings clean, has been designed by Subodh Kerkar, Founder, Museum of Goa with the help...