Typically, leaves degrade within a few days making these a poor alternative to plastics but Banana Leaf Technology, invented by 20-year-old from Tamil Nadu, can make it last longer ...
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According to an official, the fresh ban has been imposed to ensure that no plastic reaches the river Ganga during the five-day Ganga Yatra being organised in a bid to raise awareness about Ganga cleanup ...
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Students from seven school have taken part in an initiative of Badnapur Nagar Panchayat of Jalna, Maharashtra to reduce plastic waste and have collected over 100 kilogram of plastic waste each in past three months ...
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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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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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