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UN Secy Gen. hails India's decision to ban single-use plastic
Updated : 6 years, 6 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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To save Earth, we'll have to take small steps: Varun Dhawan on single-use
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 22 (ANI): Bollywood powerhouse Varun Dhawan recently opened up about the efforts taken by the team of his upcoming film 'Coolie No. 1' in eliminating single-use plastic.
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EC asks parties not to use plastic, polythene in poll material
Updated : 6 years, 6 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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Gurugram: Municipal Corporation installs machines to dispose plastic bottl
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], Sept 21 (ANI): Contributing towards the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative of banning single-use plastic, Municipal Corporation of Gurugram has installed plastic bottle crushing machines that not only dispose the plastic bottles for recycling but also offer
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Shami backs PM Modi's move to ban single-use plastic
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Amroha (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 20 (ANI): Indian pacer Mohammed Shami on Friday extended support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative of banning single-use plastic in a programme organised by Hindustan Petroleum in Amroha.
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How movement against single-use plastic is gaining strength
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 19 (ANI): India produces 26,000 tonnes of plastic every single day out of which over 10,000 tonnes remain uncollected!
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Railway installs plastic bottle crushing machine in Mumbai Rajdhani Expres
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 19 (ANI): In an eco-friendly bid, the Western Railway for the first time has installed a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottle crushing machine in Mumbai Rajdhani Express.
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Build movement for conserving water, removing single-use plastic: VP Naidu
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Sept 18 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday called upon students, teachers and all educational institutions to build a movement for water conservation and shunning single-use plastic.
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Bengaluru: VV Puram food street to shun single-use plastic as part of envi
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sep 18 (ANI): On the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 69 th birthday, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Tuesday stated that Bengaluru's popular VV Puram food street will be turned into a plastic-free zone with dedicated slots being reserved for pedestrians o
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Govt aims to phase out plastic in packaging: Paswan
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 17 (ANI): The Government aims to phase out plastic use in packaging and move towards 100 per cent use of jute in packaging foodstuff, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan, said here on Tuesday.
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AP's Krishna leads fight against single-use plastic
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Sept 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have given a clarion call to shun single-use plastic last month, but Krishna district administration has been working on a plan to promote the use of cloth and jute bags as an alternative for the last two
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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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