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Replacing single-use plastic cups with paper ones is problematic: Study
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Researchers from the University of Gothenburg have demonstrated that paper cups can also harm the environment because they contain harmful substances.
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Citizen-safety and citizen-centric approaches are needed to address public
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], August 8: Embracing a citizen-centric approach, a meeting of the UT Environment Standing Committee was held at Paryavaran Bhawan, Sector 19, Chandigarh, to discuss and address the urgent environmental issues faced by Chandigarh. The meeting was chaired by the Chancellor o
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Assam government decides to phase out single-use plastic
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The decision was taken in the state cabinet meeting held at Janata Bhawan in Guwahati on Friday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma.
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India, France commit to eliminate single use plastic products pollution
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Plastic products pollution due to littered and mismanaged plastic waste is a global environmental issue that must be urgently addressed. It has adverse impacts on ecosystems in general and marine ecosystems in particular.
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Israel sees 73 pc drop in disposable plastic bag use
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
In 2022, about 474 million bags made of plastic were provided by retailers to Israeli consumers, a 73 per cent reduction in the amount of plastic bags sold by large retailers compared to 2016, before the implementation of the law, Israel has seen. The law prevented the generation of bag wast
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Greater Visakhapatnam civic body seizes 4,000 kg single-use plastic in 2 w
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
As part of the Eco Vizag campaign, officials of Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) have seized 4000 Kg of single-use plastic and imposed a fine of over Rs 12 lakh in just 14 days across the city," said GVMC Commissioner CM Saikanth Varma.
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"Plastics being introduced into world....managed more scientifically, effi
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Dia Mirza, an actor, and UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador, addressed the issue of plastic use and also shared how people can avoid single-use plastics in their daily lives.
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"Plastic has emerged as a serious threat": NHRC on World Environment Day
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"This year's theme very aptly underlines the urgent need to combat the detrimental effects of plastic on our planet and promote alternative eco-friendly usable replacing single-use plastic material, which is necessary to preserve human life and protect rights. In this regard, rigorous policy
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PM Modi wears jacket made of recycled material at G7 Summit
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Recycled fabric is made by collecting used pet bottles and crushing and melting them and adding colour and producing yarn. This process cuts the emission drastically at various production levels.
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Maximising product and minimising waste with innovative packaging: Invento
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The United Nations estimates that approximately 36 per cent of all plastics produced are used in packaging, including single-use plastic products for food and beverage containers. Approximately 85 per cent of these packages end up in landfil
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New approach required to solve single-use plastics problem in India
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): Plastic waste has been one of the most significant environmental problems challenging humankind. Experts have realised that conventional plastics, which takes several hundred years to degrade are a critical ecological hazard. As per the United Nati
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Seabird "Plasticosis" may herald in new age of animal diseases: Report
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Microplastics or microfibers are pollutants produced when plastics degrade or are discharged from fabrics. A new disease known as "Plasticosis" that affects seabirds and is brought on by ingesting plastic has been discovered by "Adrift Labs" in a recent study. Lord Howe Island has seen numer
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