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Plastics worsen Pakistan flood crisis, triggers health and climate fears:
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Over 280 people have died in Pakistan due to monsoon flooding, worsened by plastic waste choking drains. WWF-Pakistan warned of health risks, ecosystem damage, and rising microplastics, urging a ban on single-use plastics and stronger waste management.
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UAE pioneering efforts to reduce plastic pollution at national, global lev
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
UAE Minister of Climate Change Amna Al Dahak reaffirmed the country's commitment to combating plastic pollution on World Environment Day, announcing a full ban on single-use plastic products by 2026 and highlighting global and national initiatives for sustainable transformation.
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Assam government decides to phase out single-use plastic
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The decision was taken in the state cabinet meeting held at Janata Bhawan in Guwahati on Friday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma.
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No proposal to expand single use plastic ban, govt informs Lok Sabha
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The central government currently has no proposal under consideration to expand the scope of the ban on single-use plastics.
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India sets global example with ban on single-use plastic items
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): With the ban on select single-use plastic items from this month, India has set a global example in the fight against plastic pollution.
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Brown Living makes plastic-free living possible
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 4 (ANI/PRNewswire): In a resolute effort to curb plastic pollution, India has imposed a ban on single-use plastic products from July 1, 2022, a move that synchronizes with Plastic Free July, an influential global campaign empowering people to cut down on pl
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Nearly 700 kg of plastic items seized in Delhi to curb single-use plastic
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): As the ban on single-use plastic came into effect on Friday, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) seized 689.01 kilograms of such items and issued 368 challans in its jurisdiction today.
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Ranchi shopkeepers welcome ban on single-use plastic items, say it should
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], July 1 (ANI): With the ban on identified single-use plastic items coming into effect from Friday, environmentalists and shopkeepers in Ranchi have welcomed the decision and said it should be banned strictly.
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Delhi's Lajpat Nagar market welcomes ban on single-use plastic
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Delhi's famous Lajpat Nagar market welcomed the ban on single-use plastic that came into effect on Friday across the country.
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Ban on single-use plastic kicks in; Check the banned items and how much yo
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): In yet another significant step to reduce the menace of plastic pollution, the Centre has issued guidelines to states asking them to ban the use of select single-use plastics effective from July 1, 2022.
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Ban on single-use plastic comes into effect from today
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): The ban on select single-use plastics by the Centre in order to reduce plastic wastage comes into effect from today.
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Govt gears up to ban identified single use plastic by June end
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): The Central Pollution Control Board has undertaken comprehensive measures to give effect to India's commitment to ban identified single use plastic items by 30th June 2022, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change said on Saturday.
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