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Railways to conduct "Massive Shramdan" drive, focus on collection of plast
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 15 (ANI): Indian Railways will undertake one more drive of "Massive Shramdan"on September 17 with main focus on "Collection of Plastic Waste", said a release.
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Uttar Pradesh to use plastic waste into road construction
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 12 (ANI): After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to reduce plastic use, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Wednesday said that the state's Public Works Department (PWD) will use plastic waste into the construction of roads in five cities in
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Modi segregates plastic with women rag pickers in Mathura
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 11 (ANI): Days afters advocating a complete ban on single-use plastic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday stepped into the shoes of rag pickers, who segregate plastic from the garbage on daily basis.
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DPIIT to launch plastic waste management campaign
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 9 (ANI): The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has requested state governments to work towards collection of plastic waste from industrial estates, parks, corridors, nodes and industrial areas for the 'Swachhta hi Sewa 2019' campaign begi
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Hyderabad couple uses recycled plastic waste for constructing houses
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): A Hyderabad-based couple has taken up the initiative of constructing houses and other structures using sheets made of processed plastic waste.
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Siliguri: Free-food in exchange of 500 gram plastic
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Aug 10 (ANI): In a bid to make environment plastic-free and create awareness regarding its disposal, alumni of a school here through a unique initiative have started distributing food free of cost to the people who deposit 500 grams of plastic waste.
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Soon, a Chhattisgarh cafe will provide food in exchange for plastic waste
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 24 (ANI): Ambikapur Municipal Corporation (AMC) is all set to make the city plastic-free with a unique initiative.
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Chamoli gears up to tackle plastic menace
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], July 6 (ANI): To combat the surmounting plastic waste left behind by an influx of tourists here, the Chamoli municipality is set to implement a plan to turn old plastic into recyclable tiles that would be used on roads throughout the hill city.
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Plastic pollution threatens ocean animals: Study
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 5 (ANI): Every day our environment is being threatened by endless plastic pollution in the ocean, resulting to which hundreds of sharks and rays are found tangled in plastic waste, reported a study.
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Chamoli municipality found a unique new way to fight plastic waste
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Chamoli (Uttrakhand) [India], July 4 (ANI): Fighting plastic waste has become a huge challenge for the country but Chamoli Municipality has found a unique way to combat it. The organisation has made a plan to turn the old plastic into recyclable tiles.
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This school in Assam accepts plastic waste as fee from students
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 20 (ANI): A school in the pristine woods of Pamohi accepts polythene bags and plastic wastes as the only form of fee. The school makes students pledge that they will not burn plastic. Instead, they will hand over any plastic waste to the school.
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How is unrecycled plastic affecting environment?
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 18 (ANI): Recycling plastic waste can significantly help the environment. But how much of the plastic we use is being recycled and in the right way? How much of it is ending up in the environment or landfills and are causing newer problems that are difficult to fi
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