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Amazon, Flipkart Need To Collect Plastic Packaging Waste Generated By Them: Central Pollution Control Board

January 29, 2020
Amazon, Flipkart Need To Collect Plastic Packaging Waste Generated By Them: Central Pollution Control Board
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According to the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, primary responsibility for collection of used multi-layered plastic sachet or pouches or packaging is of producers, importers and brand owners who introduce the products in the market ...
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#IWillWearOutPlastic: This New Fashion Collection Is All About ‘Say No To Plastic’

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January 27, 2020
#IWillWearOutPlastic: This New Fashion Collection Is All About ‘Say No To Plastic’
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Can fashion change and save the world? With this question, Indian designer Masaba Gupta launches #IWillWearOutPlastic fashion line in which each dress or garment comes with an exclusive accessory - a detachable reusable bag ...
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Plastic Crisis: China Plans To Eliminate Single-Use Plastic Bag And Other Items By 2025

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January 23, 2020
Plastic Crisis: China Plans To Eliminate Single-Use Plastic Bag And Other Items By 2025
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With an aim to reduce the plastic waste that has polluted much of its land and water bodies, China has announced a series of measures to put an end to the menace of single-use plastic ...
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A Bank With A Green Mission: The Safai Bank Of India Aims To Prevent Plastic Wrappers From Ending Up In Landfills

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January 22, 2020
A Bank With A Green Mission: The Safai Bank Of India Aims To Keep Plastic Wrappers From Landfills
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With the help of more than 180 branches across the country, the Safai Bank of India has till now stopped more than 22 Lakh plastic wrappers from reaching landfills ...
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Bhumi Pednekar Urges People To Shun The Use Of Single-Use Plastics And Make The World A Better Place

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January 22, 2020
Bhumi Pednekar Urges People To Shun The Use Of Single-Use Plastics And Make The World A Better Place
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Actor Bhumi Pednekar urges everyone to stop using single-use plastic says, ‘Lets make this world a better place’ ...
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Delhiites To Get ‘Bharat Darshan Park’ Where Replicas Of Famous Indian Monuments Will Be Built Using Waste

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January 20, 2020
Delhiites To Get ‘Bharat Darshan Park’ Where Replicas Of Famous Indian Monuments Will Be Built Using Waste
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South Delhi Municipal Corporation’s Bharat Darshan Park will be home to replicas of some of India's best monuments made using waste material ...
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Around The World: Filipinos Turn Volcano’s Ash, Plastic Trash Into Bricks

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January 20, 2020
Philippines faces a waste crisis, with reports last year saying it uses a "shocking" amount of single-use plastic
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Environment officials in Philippines are combining the ash from Taal volcano with sand, cement and discarded plastic to form about 5,000 bricks per day for local building projects ...
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Delhi Gets Its First Garbage Café Where Plastic Waste Can Be Exchanged For Meals

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January 16, 2020
Delhi Gets Its First Garbage Café Where Plastic Waste Can Be Exchanged For Meals
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Delhi’s first garbage café opened its door in a restaurant in Vardhman Mall of Dwarka in South Delhi ...
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Thailand Kicks Off 2020 By Banning Single-Use Plastic Bags, Shoppers Come Up With Innovative Alternatives

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January 13, 2020
Thailand Kicks Off 2020 By Banning Single-Use Plastic Bags, Shoppers Come Up With Innovative Alternatives
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Thai shopper’s innovative ways to tackle the plastic bag ban is winning hearts on social media ...
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Ground Report: Why Are Plastic Bottle Crusher Machines Around Golden Temple Costing Rs 5 Lakh Each Remain Unused

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January 7, 2020
Ground Report: Why Are Plastic Bottle Crusher Machines Around Golden Temple Costing Rs 5 Lakh Each Remain Unused
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Under Amritsar’s Municipal Corporation Smart City initiative around 10 plastic bottle crusher machines on Heritage Street near Golden Temple were put up last year, each worth Rs 5 lakh, but till date, each of the machines remain untouched and unused, tourists, residents speak up ...
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Students From Ambikapur’s School Are Sending Empty Wrappers To Food Companies, Here’s Why

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January 3, 2020
Students From Ambikapur’s School Are Sending Empty Wrappers To Food Companies, Here’s Why
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Students' initiative also caught the attention of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who lauded their efforts to increase awareness on the hazards of single-use plastics ...
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The Trap, Trapper, Trapped: Art Installation On Kochi Beach Drives Home The Message Of Beat Plastic Pollution

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January 3, 2020
The Trap, Trapper, Trapped: Art Installation On Kochi Beach Drives Home The Message Of Beat Plastic Pollution
Kerala News Plastic Waste
The art installation at Fort Kochi beach involves a 25 feet high plastic water bottle made using 1500 single-use plastic water bottles or PET bottles of 1litre capacity each ...
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