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BMC seizes over 60,000 kg plastic, collects Rs 3 crore as fine
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jun 26 (ANI): Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday said it has seized over sixty thousand kilograms of plastic and collected over Rs 3 crore by imposing fines under the plastic ban period from June 23, 2018 to June 25 this year.
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Mangaluru: 261 kgs of plastic seized during raids on local shops
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 26 (ANI): Health and environment officials of Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) conducted raids on local shops in the city and seized 261 kilograms of banned plastic items.
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Chennai: DMK president, cadres protest against TN Govt over water crisis
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai [Tamil Nadu], June 24 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) President MK Stalin and party workers on Monday held a protest against the Tamil Nadu government over the acute water crisis in Chennai by carrying empty plastic pots in their hands.
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TN: DMK holds statewide protest over water scarcity issue
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 22 (ANI): Carrying empty plastic pots in their hands, workers of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Saturday held statewide protest in Tamil Nadu against the state government over the water scarcity issue.
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With a message of 'No littering', 'Wall of Hope' constructed using 15,000
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mussoorie (Uttarakhand) [India], Jun 20 (ANI): In order to encourage the tourists towards better practice of 'No littering', a 1,500 feet long and 12 feet wide 'Wall of Hope' with a message of 'litter free hills' was constructed using 15,000 discarded bottles in Mussoorie's Bungalow ki Kandi
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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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Chennai: Royapettah residents are now buying tokens for water
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India] June 19 (ANI): Residents living in Royapettah area in Chennai are buying tokens now for having water supply from the water tankers. To assure no water theft, round orange coloured plastic tokens are distributed to the beneficiaries in order to keep a record.
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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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Janelle Monae to not replace Cardi B at Bonnaroo Festival
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 17 (ANI): Fans can now breathe a sigh of relief as American rapper Cardi B will not be replaced by singer Janelle Monae at the Bonnaroo Festival.
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In a first, Lucknow gets road constructed using plastic waste
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 16 (ANI): In a first, the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) is constructing a road using plastic waste.
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More men undergo plastic surgery, finds study
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 12 (ANI): A recent study claims that more men go through plastic surgery to boost their confidence and improve physical appearance, in comparison to women.
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Canada to ban single-use plastics by 2021
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], Jun 11 (ANI): In an effort to curb pollution of oceans, the Canadian government on Monday announced that it will ban single-use plastics as early as 2021.
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