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Israel cleans seas for Oceans Day
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
55 divers participated in the cleanup dives that took place last weekend at Givat Aliya in Jaffa, on the beaches of Herzliya and on the beach of Dor-Nachsholim, collecting about 120 kg of waste, mostly made of plastic, disposable food packaging and drink cans.
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IIT Guwahati establishes facilities to develop sustainable materials, gree
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Environmental concerns associated with existing plastics have resulted in an urgent need to develop alternatives with practically identical performance properties at comparable production costs.
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REVA University and Kyndryl launched Artificial Intelligence Hackathon to
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], June 12: In collaboration with Kyndryl, REVA University has launched a global AI Hackathon to detect plastic in water bodies. The challenge of the hackathon is to detect, classify, and segment the plastics in a river body from a set of drone images. The partici
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Carter Road Clean Up Drive celebrates 100 weeks combating plastic pollutio
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9: When 5 youth decided to make a difference and clean up 3.5 km Carter Road, Bandra it seemed a Herculean task. They formed Carter Clean up on 24th June 2021. Soon they formed an army of volunteers.
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Pope Francis "recovering well" from surgery, starts work from hospital
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Pope Francis on Wednesday underwent a 3-hour laparotomy and abdominal wall plastic surgery which the doctors said was successful.
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China: Largest producer, exporter of single-use and virgin plastics
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
China consumes at least one-fifth of the world's plastics, it is also the single largest producer and exporter of single-use and virgin plastics (new plastics made without any recycled materials).
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Himachal to frame policy to find alternatives to plastic: CM Sukhvinder Si
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu announced that Himachal Pradesh will develop a policy aimed at discovering alternative options to plastic. Within a year, the state plans to create this policy and encourage industries to explore substitutes for plastic.
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"Plastics being introduced into world....managed more scientifically, effi
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Dia Mirza, an actor, and UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador, addressed the issue of plastic use and also shared how people can avoid single-use plastics in their daily lives.
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Andhra: Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation launches 'Eco-Vizag' t
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) on Monday launched a new campaign titled 'Eco-Vizag' for citizens to participate in the fight against air and plastic pollution.
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On World Environment Day, HP CM launches a campaign to raise awareness abo
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
We have over 100 workers today taking part in the campaign, and we have divided the city into five major zones. We collect 80 tons of garbage on a daily basis; we will also start a plantation drive and adopt one zone. All 40 councilors of Shimla MC will participate in it. We would try to
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"India of 21st century is moving forward with a very clear roadmap...": PM
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
On the occasion of World Environment Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that India of the 21st century is moving forward with a very clear roadmap for climate change and environmental protection.
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#BeatPlasticPollution - Reducing Plastic Use with Disclosures
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5: CDP, a global not-for-profit based in London and a platform that runs the largest disclosure platform for over 20,000 companies has in 2023 introduced a module to generate data of plastic use by businesses. The objective of doing so is to engage India Inc in asses
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