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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Jellyfish Watersports, an eco-friendly water sports and activities organising group, has built the marine cemetery from single-use plastic in collaboration with the District Administration of Kozhikode, Kerala to remind about the overexploitation of environment that has led to the endangerment of eight marine species and a freshwater fish ...
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With an aim to reduce plastic waste generated during flights, Air New Zealand, the national carrier of New Zealand has switched to edible coffee cups that are resistant to melting from warm fluids, such as coffee and are currently brought out in vanilla flavour ...
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To curb the use of plastic, more than one lakh citizens of Dehradun made a 50-kilometre long human chain to spread awareness against single-use plastic and to encourage people to give up the use of polythene bags from their daily lives ...
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According to an official from Indian Oil Corporation, the organisation is working on putting such a system in place that can produce oil from plastics waste since plastics are derived from petrochemicals and thus take a step forward in addressing the rising problem of plastic pollution ...
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In a bid to reduce plastic waste and support the anti-plastic campaign, the Western Railway has installed three benches made 40 to 50 kg of recycled plastic at Church Gate station which ...
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The single-use plastic ban announced by the Rajasthan High Court will be extended to all courts in the state, High Court Guest Houses, and canteens and restaurants inside the premises of courts ...
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The Environment Secretary C K Mishra has directed all the states and union territories to completely ban all types of plastic carry bags, thermocol disposable cutlery and discourage the use of plastic made items like artificial banners, flags, flowers, water bottles, plastic folders among others ...
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In the run-up to Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary on October 2, North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) has started an anti-plastic campaign under which all employees will be taking a pledge to not eradicate the use of plastic from their daily routine ...
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West Bengal’s Forest Range Officer Papan Mohanta's experiments have become an inspiration for locals as some schools have also created gardens using plastic waste ...
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Noida Authority has taken a step towards better waste management by including the use of plastic waste in the construction of roads instead of discarding in the landfills ...
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The Union minister allayed fears of job loss due to a potential ban on single-use plastic, saying that "new alternatives to plastic will create new employment opportunities" ...
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