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Indore gets plastic waste management award
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Indore city was conferred with the plastic waste management award on Sunday with the Sindoda panchayat being declared as the first plastic-free area in the state recently.
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SC issues notice to EC on use of plastic during elections, W Edwin Wilson
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice to the Election Commission of India, Centre and others on a petition seeking a ban on the use of election campaigning material made of plastic.
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Study investigates how microplastics harm organisms in coastal areas
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 8 (ANI): Microplastics or particles of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters have plagued salt and freshwater environments with their sheer abundance.
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Chhattisgarh: Students sending empty plastic wrappers to food companies as
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Jan 1 (ANI): Asking food companies to use some biodegradable material for packaging food items rather than plastics, students of Holy Cross School here are sending empty wrappers of chips, biscuits and other food items to the companies through courier.
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Odisha: Miniature artist creates 'Welcome 2020' to raise awareness about n
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Khordha (Odisha) [India], Dec 31 (ANI): In order to create awareness about non-biodegradable waste in the country, a miniature artist from Odisha's Khordha scripted -- Welcome 2020 -- artistically inside a glass bottle using waste plastic fibre.
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Kochi: Artist makes 'trap' installation to raise awareness against single-
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Dec 31 (ANI): To draw attention towards the increasing problem of single-use plastic waste in the country, a huge model made up of around 1500 plastic bottles called 'Trap' has been installed here on Tuesday.
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Haryana: Panchkula Municipal Corporation sets up booths offering milk pack
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Panchkula (Haryana) [India], Dec 26 (ANI): Panchkula Municipal Corporation has set up vita booths across the city that offer milk packets to people in exchange of plastic waste.
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Rajasthan govt bans sale of Chinese manjha
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Dec 25 (ANI): Rajasthan government has decided to prohibit "sale and stock of Chinese manjha", a plastic or synthetic string used for flying kites, in view of incidents of injuries and loss of life due to its use.
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Panchkula Municipal Corporation to provide 25% discount for holding plasti
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Panchkula (Haryana) [India], Dec 24 (ANI): In order to encourage people to not use plastics, Panchkula Municipal Corporation has decided to offer 25 per cent discount for holding plastic-free events.
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L&T Technology Services awarded multi-million-dollar EPCM project in Europ
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] Dec 23 (ANI/BusinessWire India): L&T Technology Services Limited, a leading global pure-play engineering services company, won a multi-million dollar project from one of the world's top plastics, chemicals, and refining manufacturers, to deliver the entire spect
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L&T Technology Services awarded multi-million-dollar EPCM project in Europ
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Dec 23 (ANI): L&T Technology Services (LTTS) said on Monday it has won a multi-million dollar project from one of the world's top plastics, chemicals and refining manufacturers to deliver the entire spectrum of engineering, procurement and construction manageme
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Odisha: New initiative offers meal in exchange for plastic waste
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Dec 16 (ANI): In a bid to enhance the plastic waste management and create awareness among people to curb pollution from such waste products, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has rolled out an initiative under which it will serve a meal in exchange for a h
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