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Visakhapatnam civic body promotes use of cloth bags under Swachh Bharat Mi
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], March 6 (ANI): As part of the Swachh Bharat Mission, the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) is promoting the use of cloth bags as an alternative for plastic bags.
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Greater Chennai Corporation launches campaign against single-use plastic b
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 5 (ANI): In its bid to protect the environment, the Greater Chennai Corporation has recently launched a campaign to make people avoid single-use plastics, and instead, carry alternate bags for groceries.
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SDMC marks International Plastic Bag Free Day, carries out 'plan the ban'
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Saturday carried out a campaign 'Plan the Ban' in the Najafgarh zone against the use of plastic bags on the occasion of International Plastic Bag Free Day.
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Going green on the 'Bag-Route' - Dinesh Gupta
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] October 3 (ANI): A humble cotton bag and even humbler, the person behind it have truly made the world move towards a greener way of life. Not with any roaring revolution, not by some aggressive moves; but with strong determination and great conviction, this 'Bag-Man' of Ind
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Designer introduces new handbag that resembles bag to carry dog poop
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 6 (ANI): A designer has created the first-of-its-kind handbag that looks like the plastic bags used to collect dog poop.
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K'taka govt orders NGOs to avoid distributing food in plastic bags
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 28 (ANI): Karnataka government on Tuesday ordered organisations and NGOs in the state to distribute food to people in plastic boxes and not in polythene bags.
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Four women detained for spitting into houses in Rajasthan's Kota
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kota (Rajasthan) [India], April 13 (ANI): Rajasthan Police on Monday detained four women for allegedly spitting into plastic bags and throwing them in some houses in Vallabhvadi area of Kota despite ban on spitting in public to combat coronavirus.
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Women caught on CCTV throwing plastic bags into houses in Kota after spitt
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kota (Rajasthan) [India], April 13 (ANI): Some women were seen spitting on polythene bags and throwing them inside the houses in Kota district of Rajasthan on Sunday, allegedly in a bid to spread coronavirus.
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Abu Dhabi to be free of Single-Use Plastic Bags by 2021
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 12 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) has today announced a new policy to reduce single-use plastic materials in Abu Dhabi, mitigating its harmful effects.
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Delhi Police busted a fake manufacturing unit, case registered
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Acting on the information received regarding the fake manufacturing unit, the Delhi Police seized 90 plastic bags of washing powder (Tide and Surf Excel), 74 plastic bags of Tata Salt in Delhi's Alipur.
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Ensure no plastic bags less than 50 microns is manufactured, sold: NGT to
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to ensure that no plastic carry bags less than 50 microns thickness be manufactured, stocked, sold and used within the country.
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UP: Plastic bags, puja material found near Yamuna ghat
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 9 (ANI): Puja material and plastic bags were found littered around Yamuna Ghat in Kalindi Kunj on the Delhi and Uttar Pradesh border, a day after Dusshera and Durga Puja celebrations in the capital.
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