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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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Mother Dairy aims to turn 'plastic waste neutral' by FY 2023-24
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt Ltd said on Thursday it has set a target to recycle over 7,000 million tonnes (MT) of post-consumer used plastic waste in the current fiscal and would become 'plastic waste neutral' company by the financial year 2023-24.
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Climate Angels Fund Partners with GoMassive to Launch ZeSUP Challenge - th
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi/Bengaluru/Mumbai [India], May 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): Sustainability-focused Climate tech fund, Climate Angels has joined forces with GoMassive for its one-of-its-kind ZeSUP Challenge - the Zero Single-use Plastic Challenge for startups who are leading the fight against single-use plast
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Punjab govt curbs use of plastic products in Health Ministry events
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 23 (ANI): The Punjab Directorate of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday issued an order directing its department to curb the use of bouquets and plastic bottles in Health Ministry events to reduce plastic waste and pollution.
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PM: Every village, town becomes open defecation free under Swachh Bharat A
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced every village and town in the country becoming open defecation free under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan of the Centre and said that it is a proof that public participation can fill new energy in the development o
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Technique to turn plastic waste trash into carbon dioxide sorbent discover
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Houston (Texas) [US], April 9 (ANI): A new chemical technique to turn waste plastic into an effective carbon dioxide (CO2) sorbent for the industry has been discovered by scientists at Rice University.
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Scientists discover technique to turn plastic waste trash into carbon diox
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Houston (Texas) [US], April 6 (ANI): Scientists at Rice University have discovered a chemical technique to turn waste plastic into an effective carbon dioxide (CO2) sorbent for the industry.
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Environment Minister launches 'Prakriti' green initiatives for effective p
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): In another step toward eliminating single-use plastic, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday launched "Prakriti", a mascot to spread greater awareness about small changes that can be sustainably adopted in the lifestyle for a better environme
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New enzyme developed by scientists to curb plastic waste
Updated : 4 years ago IST
London [UK], March 27 (ANI): In order to beat the global crisis that has erupted due to plastic waste, scientists have taken an important step in developing nature-based solutions.
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Australian science on a mission to end plastic waste
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Sydney [Australia], March 22 (ANI/PRNewswire): Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, will tackle Australia's plastic pollution problem, pledging to help Australia reduce 80 per cent of its plastic waste by the end of the decade.
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Scientists develop new enzyme to beat plastic waste
Updated : 4 years ago IST
London [UK], March 22 (ANI): Scientists have taken an important step in developing nature-based solutions to beat the global crisis that has erupted due to plastic waste.
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Centre notifies guidelines on Extended Producers Responsibility on plastic
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Friday, has notified the guidelines on extended producers responsibility on plastic packaging under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016.
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