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Dehradun: Plastic banks established to collect waste from grass root level
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Nov 18 (ANI): A state-based environmental action and advocacy group has established 'Plastic Banks' in capital city Dehradun in order to effectively deal with the plastic waste that is getting generated at grass root levels.
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Telangana: Mulugu District Collector offers 1kg rice in exchange of 1 kg p
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Mulugu (Telangana) [India], Nov 18 (ANI): In a bid to make Mulugu district free from the use of Single-Use Plastic, District Collector, Mulugu is offering 1 kg of rice in exchange of 1 kg of plastic waste.
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J-K: Man installs machine to reuse plastic waste in road constructions
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Nov 9 (ANI): In a unique initiative, a man has set up a factory which recycles plastic material and uses the same for the construction of roads at Battal Ballian village in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district.
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Go green! Plastic bottle crusher machine inaugurated by Noida Authority
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 2 (ANI): Contributing towards doing away with single-use plastic, Noida Authority installed a plastic bottle crusher machine at the authority campus here to raise awareness about plastic waste management.
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Doctors remove 52kg plastic from cow's stomach in Tamil Nadu
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu [India], Oct 21 (ANI): A team of veterinarians removed 52 kilograms of plastic waste from inside the stomach of a cow through a surgery that lasted over five hours in Vepery, Chennai.
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Chhattisgarh Min inaugurates Garbage Cafe: Now enjoy free food in exchang
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Oct 10 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Health Minister T S Singhdeo here inaugurated a 'Garbage Cafe', which will provide free food in exchange for plastic waste
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AIIMS takes pledge to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle plastic waste
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 2 (ANI): On the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Wednesday conducted an awareness campaign to sensitise people against single-use plastic. To do so the institution has coined slogan- Reduce, Reuse and
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Himachal launches policy to buy-back non recyclable, single-use plastic wa
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 1 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh government on Tuesday launched a policy to promote buy-back of the non-recyclable and single-use plastic waste from the rag pickers and households. The new policy will be effective from October 2.
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Smriti Irani Inaugurates world's largest plastic-made charkha in Noida
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 1 (ANI): Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday inaugurated a 1,650-kg 'charkha' (spinning wheel) made of plastic waste in Noida on the eve of Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary.
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India very near to achieve open defecation-free target: Jal Shakti Ministe
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 27 (ANI): Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday said that India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has almost achieved the open defecation free (ODF) target.
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Awareness drive on plastic waste management held at J-K's Srinagar
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sept 27 (ANI): The Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj on Thursday organized one-day awareness program on plastic waste management in Srinagar.
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Model using empty bottles to help understand plastic waste disposal manage
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Sept 26: Contributing towards the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative of banning single-use plastic, Uttarkashi's District Magistrate (DM) is constructing a model using empty bottles which will help in understanding plastic waste disposal management.
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