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Massive campaign to be launched to free India from one time use plastics:
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], Aug 15 (ANI): Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said that a massive public campaign will be launched to make India free of single-use plastics.
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PM Modi urges citizens to shun single use plastic
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 15 (ANI): With an aim to prevent environmental degradation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged citizens to eliminate the use of single-use plastic and also suggested shopkeepers to provide eco-friendly bags to its customers.
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Researchers design new materials to enhance natural gas storage, reduce gl
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 11 (ANI): Scientists have designed plastic-based materials that can effectively store natural gas. The materials can not only make large-scale, cost-effective, and safe natural gas storage possible, but further hold a strong promise for combating global warming, su
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Green turtles eat plastic that looks like their food: Study
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 11 (ANI): Green turtles are more likely to swallow plastic that resembles their natural diet of seagrass, suggest researchers.
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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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Mumbai: Dead body of woman found wrapped in plastic sack in Malad
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Police on Tuesday recovered the body of an approximately 35-year-old woman from the Madh village in Malad area.
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San Francisco International Airport to ban plastic water bottles
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 6 (Sputnik/ANI): The San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is set to ban the use of plastic bottled water at its terminals.
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Seabirds threatened by hazardous chemicals in plastics: Study
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 4 (ANI): An international collaboration led by scientists at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Japan, has found that hazardous chemicals were detected in plastics eaten by seabirds, ultimately affecting their existence.
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Bengaluru Mayor fined for using plastic, despite a ban
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] Aug 4 (ANI): Bengaluru Mayor Gangambike Mallikarjun was at the receiving end for flouting a campaign that she had launched herself!
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Sudarsan Pattnaik wins People's Choice Prize at Boston International Sand
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Boston (USA), July 28 (ANI): Renowned sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik has added another feather to his cap by bagging People's Choice Prize at the Boston International Sand Art Championship on Sunday.
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Locals in this MP village cross crocodile-inhabited river on boat made of
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 25 (ANI): Locals in Damdam village of Mandsaur are forced to cross a river here on a makeshift boat made of plastic barrels as a bridge is yet to be constructed.
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Soon, a Chhattisgarh cafe will provide food in exchange for plastic waste
Updated : 6 years, 7 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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