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Odisha farmer develops irrigation system from bamboo sticks, plastic bottl
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], January 10 (ANI): After seeing the poor irrigation conditions in and around his farmland, a farmer in Odisha has come up with a water lifting system made of bamboo pipes and plastic bottles, completely changing his agricultural practice.
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Recycling major Gravita wins Rs 180 cr contract from Luminous
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], January 5 (ANI): Industrial recycling major Gravita India has signed a pact with Gurugram-based Luminous Power Technologies for supplying 12,000 tonnes of refined lead and lead alloys at a cost of Rs 180 crore.
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KONE Elevator India reiterates message of Environmental Conservation
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI/NewsVoir): KONE Elevator India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Finland-based KONE Corporation, and a leading Elevator and Escalator supplier in India has initiated a campaign to sensitize people on key environmental issues. The first leg of the campaign has
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Resolve to make India free from single-use plastic: PM Modi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens to resolve to make the country free from single-use plastic and appreciated the efforts by some people for undertaking cleanliness drive.
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Study reveals disposable surgical masks have best acoustic effect on speec
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 26 (ANI): A new study has evaluated the acoustic effects that face masks have on speech. The team of researchers tested disposable surgical masks, masks with a clear plastic window around the mouth, medical masks, along with homemade and store-bought cloth masks whi
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IRS officer uses waste plastic bottles to create vertical gardens in Ludhi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], December 20 (ANI): Rohit Mehra, Additional Commissioner in the Income Tax Department, has used 70 tonnes of waste plastic bottles as pots for creating vertical gardens in Ludhiana in an attempt to reduce air pollution.
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Taapsee Pannu-Tahir Raj film 'Looop Lapeta' set goes plastic-free
Updated : 5 years, 2 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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Fire breaks out at plastic godown in Lucknow
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 18 (ANI): A fire broke out at a plastic godown in the Chinhat area of Lucknow on Friday.
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Vaya Life launches Tyffyn Flex, a range of microwaveable vacuum insulated
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 16 (ANI/PRNewswire): With the launch of Tyffyn Flex, Vaya Life has added an exciting new addition to its inimitable insulated lunchbox range.
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Aroma diffuser, plastic bag offer inexpensive method to test fit of face m
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Cambridge [England], December 16 (ANI): Researchers have developed a way to use a simple home aroma diffuser to test whether N95 and other types of sealing masks, such as KN95 and FFP2 masks, are properly fitted, a result which could be used to help protect healthcare workers and the public
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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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Circulate Capital Invests to Scale India's Circular Economy for Plastic Wa
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 10 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Circulate Capital, the Singapore-based investment management company focused on preventing plastic from leaking into the ocean and advancing the circular economy, today announced that the Circulate Capital Ocean Fund (CCO
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