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Hyderabad-based activist comes up with 'Bring Plastic, Take Sapling' campa
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Nov 28 (ANI): In an attempt to reduce the use of plastic, a Hyderabad-based activist has started a campaign called 'Bring Plastic, Take Sapling' which aims at replacing plastics with greenery.
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Turn plastic trash into treasure by this new method
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Oct 25 (ANI): The researchers have discovered a new method for upcycling low-value plastics into high-quality liquid products to improve current recycling methods.
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New discovery can turn plastic trash into treasure
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 23 (ANI): Upcycling low-value plastics into high-quality liquid products will now be possible through a new method that has been developed that improves current recycling methods.
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PM addresses IIT students; says innovation, technology will fuel India to
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sept 30 (ANI): India is aspiring to become a five-trillion US dollar economy and innovation and application of technology will help fuel the dream, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday.
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Washing clothes in machines releases microfibres that ultimately reach oce
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Sept 28 (ANI): Researchers have found that even delicate wash cycles in washing machines account for release of microfibre plastics from clothes that ultimately reach the oceans.
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Market, product diversification key to future of Indian plastic exports: D
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 26 (ANI): The US decision to revoke Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) benefits to Indian goods has hit several plastic exporters but opportunities provided by the US-China trade war could offset this setback, global trade finance company Drip Capita
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UN Secy Gen. hails India's decision to ban single-use plastic
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sep 25 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday (local time) appreciated the Government of India's decision to ban the usage of single-use plastic in the country, a move aimed at going beyond mere talks on climate change.
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EC asks parties not to use plastic, polythene in poll material
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Sep 21 (ANI) In line with the 'banish single-use plastic' drive in the country, The Election Commission on Saturday asked political parties, candidates and their agents in Haryana and Maharashtra to desist from using plastic, polythene and other environmentally hazardous
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SDMC intensifies efforts against use of polythene bags, issues 350 challan
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 14 (ANI): In a bid to intensify efforts to ban single-use plastics, South Delhi Municipal Corporation on Saturday announced that it had issued challans worth more than eight lakh in the last 10 days.
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East Coast Railway to ban single-use plastic at railway stations, trains f
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Sept 12 (ANI): Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call, East Coast Railway (ECoR) will get rid of single-use plastics at railway stations in its jurisdictions and trains by October 2.
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PM Modi's initiative to ban single-use plastic reaches 'Coolie No. 1' sets
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 1 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative of banning single-use plastics has reached the sets of Varun Dhawan starrer 'Coolie No. 1'.
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Delhi: LG chairs meeting on digital delivery of services, minimising singl
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal on Thursday chaired a meeting to enhance Digital Delivery of Services and prepare for the scrapping of Single-Use Plastics in Delhi.
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