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Tripura gets first-of-its-kind road constructed using plastic waste
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], February 22 (ANI): In a first-ever initiative in Tripura, the state has started using plastic waste in the construction of roads with an aim to reduce plastic waste and make the environment plastic-free, said Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Monday. Read More
Jammu Municipal Corporation signs MoUs with IPCA, UNDP to make Jammu plast
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 20 (ANI): The Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) on Saturday signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and Indian Pollution Control Association (IPCA) to make Jammu plastic-free.
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Taapsee Pannu-Tahir Raj film 'Looop Lapeta' set goes plastic-free
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 18 (ANI): In what turns out to be an eco-friendly move, the makers of Taapsee Pannu and Tahir Raj Bhasin-starrer film 'Looop Lapeta' worked towards doing away with plastic bottles on sets of the film.
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Biden should heed environmentalists' calls, become first plastic-free pres
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 11 (ANI/Sputnik): As the incoming US president, Joe Biden should address the plastic pollution problem in the United States and become the first plastic-free president, Dianna Cohen, Co-Founder, and CEO of Plastic Pollution Coalition, a US-based environmental allian
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3EA Funded 'Woodka' Launches its Studio at Surat
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 7 (ANI/NewsVoir): Getting plastic to disappear from our lives is quite a slow, painful process but with initiatives such as one taken by Woodka, brainchild of 3EA, is a promise to a plastic-free future.
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Nearly 400 railway stations serving tea in Kulhad to make India plastic-fr
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Alwar (Rajasthan) [India], November 29 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday said that nearly 400 railway stations serving tea in 'Kulhads' and added efforts are ongoing to implement the same across the country as Railways' contribution in making India plastic-free.
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Delhi's IGI Airport becomes single-use plastic free airport
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 17 (ANI): GMR-led Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) said on Monday that Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport has become free of single-use plastic usage.
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Indore gets plastic waste management award
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Indore city was conferred with the plastic waste management award on Sunday with the Sindoda panchayat being declared as the first plastic-free area in the state recently.
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Panchkula Municipal Corporation to provide 25% discount for holding plasti
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Panchkula (Haryana) [India], Dec 24 (ANI): In order to encourage people to not use plastics, Panchkula Municipal Corporation has decided to offer 25 per cent discount for holding plastic-free events.
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Biodegradable, plastic-free 'Florish' sanitary napkins introduced in Haldw
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Haldwani (Uttarakhand) [India], Dec 7 (ANI): In a bid to spread awareness among women about menstrual hygiene and combat the crisis of environmental degradation, a nanotech company in Haldwani has come up with biodegradable 'Florish' sanitary napkins.
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Hyderabad: Zero Waste Eco-Store promotes environment-friendly products to
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): While the world is facing a severe environmental crisis due to abuse of nature's resources, resulting in unprecedented droughts, massive floods and record-high temperatures, a Hyderabad couple along with other partners have taken an initiative to
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FSSAI considering key regulations to reduce usage of plastic in food packa
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 3 (ANI): The Food Safety Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) is considering four key regulatory measures to reduce the usage of plastic in food packaging.
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