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North Korea sends more 600 trash balloons into South Korea, confirms Seoul
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Ramping up its 'trash balloon operations' across the border, North Korea sent 600 more trash-filled balloons to South Korea, leaving bits of paper, cloth, and cigarette butts scattered over the nation, CNN reported on Sunday citing Seoul officials.
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Study finds that man-made materials in nests can bring risks for birds
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers found that 176 bird species employ a range of manmade items in their nests across the world. Birds all around the world use our unused or waste items. In their nests, seabirds in Australia utilise fishing nets, ospreys in North America use baler twine, city birds in South America
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Beak shape determines nest material selected by birds: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
These findings, which were published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, include a careful examination of these models, looking into the ecological and evolutionary contexts that underpin these relationships. For example, not all species have equal access to all nest materi
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Man-made materials in nests can bring risks for birds: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to new research, 176 bird species around the world use a variety of anthropogenic materials in their nests. Birds use our leftover or discarded materials all over the world. Seabirds in Australia use fishing nets in their nests, ospreys in North America use baler twine, city birds
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WHO launches Quit Tobacco App
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 15 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday launched 'Quit Tobacco App' to help people kick the cigarette butt and give up the use of tobacco in all forms - including smokeless and other newer products.
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Punjab man starts company to recycle cigarette butts into toys, mosquito r
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Mohali (Punjab) [India], September 9 (ANI): Discarded cigarette filters--also known as butts-- are one of the most littered objects on earth and a major environmental pollutant. To deal with the problem, a Mohali-based company in Punjab has found a way to curb pollution by recycling cigarett
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NGT dismisses plea seeking review of order on cigarette butts
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 22 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has turned down a plea seeking review of its earlier order that directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to lay down guidelines for disposal of cigarette and bidi butts, in the interest of the environment.
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Bin that butt to save the environment goes digital on World Cleanup Day
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): Let's Do It India, the Indian subdivision of 'Let's Do It World' organisation, that aims to instill a lasting change in the way solid waste is dumped in India and is relentlessly addressing the need to promote a greater understanding between p
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Butt out the cigarette butts with Let's Do It India's "Fugitive" this Worl
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 11 (ANI/NewsVoir): Let's Do It India is the Indian division of Let's Do It World, a global not-for-profit that aims to tackle environmental and social problems related to mismanaged waste by engaging with communities, governments and policymakers for a cleaner ecosp
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Cigarette butts hamper plant growth: study
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 19 (ANI): A new research has discovered that cigarette butts, the most common form of litter on the planet, is perhaps responsible for significantly reducing plant growth.
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Short circuit or cigarettes probably caused Notre Dame blaze
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Paris [France], Apr 26 (ANI): The French police who visited the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral on Thursday, for the first time since the deadly fire that caused its famous spire to collapse, said that either a short-circuit possibly caused by electrified bells, or cigarette butts left by worker
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Simon Cowell unable to kick the cigarette butt
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], December 04 (ANI): Simon Cowell, who is best known as a Britain's Got Talent judge and music producer, has recently revealed that after the scary incident at his London house, he is struggling to quit smoking and drinking.
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