UN Environment’s Goodwill Ambassador, Dia Mirza highlights the most ‘sickening’ thing about people taking up the #BottleCapChallenge ...
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In a joint declaration adopted during the meeting of Environment and Energy Ministers from the G20 countries, the ministers agreed to create a framework for action with voluntary measures to reduce marine pollution and reaffirmed the commitments made under the Paris Agreement to combat climate change ...
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In a bid to tackle the increasing menace of plastic worldwide, the research team of Washington State University has developed jet fuel using a variety of waste plastic products ...
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In a bid to reduce plastic waste, organisers of the annual London Marathon distributed water and energy drink in edible pods to about 41,000 runners ...
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Sainath Manikandan, a school student in UAE built the Marine Robot Cleaner that helps preserve the marine environment and Agriculture Robot that help reduce the labour of farmers
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A young Cuvier's beaked whale died on Saturday in Philippines from starvation and was unable to eat because of the trash filling in its stomach ...
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In order to comply with the company’s sustainability policy, Samsung Electronics plans to minimise plastic use and replace product packaging with environment-friendly materials by the first half of 2019 ...
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Researchers from Tel Aviv University, Israel, have developed a technology to make sustainable biopolymer using marine microorganisms that feed on seaweeds which may one day free the world of plastic - one of its worst pollutants ...
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Water cans will be placed outside every hotel to provide clean drinking water, free of cost, to the travellers and residents of the city so that they can refill their bottles instead of purchasing plastic water bottles ...
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In a bid to curb plastic pollution in major tourist sites in and around Ranchi, the State tourism department has banned use and throw plastic items and deployed 93 ‘Paryatak Mitras’ (Friends of Tourists) who will be aided by policemen by at seven tourist sites to keep a watch at the litterbugs ...
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The performance audit report of Comptroller and Auditor General on 'Solid Waste Management in Urban Local Bodies’ found that there is mismanagement of plastic waste the assessment of waste was not realistic and the state policy prepared in 2004 was not fully operational ...
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The 9.5-metre (31.17 ft) whale was found in waters near Kapota Island, part of the Wakatobi National Park, south east of Sulawesi ...
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