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After PM's call, glass jars replace plastic water bottles at BJP headquart
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 29 (ANI): In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's clarion call to shun single-use plastic, his party BJP has replaced plastic water bottles with glass jars at party headquarters here.
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How movement against single-use plastic is gaining strength
Updated : 6 years, 5 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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Lok Sabha Secretariat bans use of plastics in Parliament complex
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 20 (ANI): The Lok Sabha Secretariat has banned the use of non-reusable plastic water bottles and other plastic items within the Parliament House Complex from Tuesday.
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Non-reusable plastic bottles banned in Parliament complex
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 20 (ANI) The Lok Sabha Secretariat has banned use of "non-reusable plastic water bottles and other plastic items" within the Parliament House Complex from Tuesday.
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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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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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Plastic water bottles featured in GoT series finale
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): After polluting lands, rivers, coasts, beaches, and oceans, in the real world, plastic has found its way to the fantasy world of Game of Thrones.
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World Earth Day: Eco-friendly alternatives for things you use every day!
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 22 (ANI): As the seriousness of environmental problems become clearer, our responses towards it continue to lack urgency. The current era is all about turning towns into smart cities, owning smartphones, and luxurious vehicles. But do we realise the impact these hig
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Manipur man creates brooms from plastic bottles to combat pollution
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
(Manipur) [India], Dec 29 (ANI): Usham Krishna Singh a Manipur based innovator has introduced a new technique of recycling used plastic water bottles into brooms with an aim to fight against severe environmental hazards caused due to pollution.
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Banning packaged plastic water bottles, not the best solution for environm
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 21 (ANI): Opposing the ban on packaged plastic water bottles, announced by the State of Maharashtra, experts from the city have expressed concerns on the availability of viable alternative solutions.
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Germany: 76 people hurt in clashes with police over G-20 protest
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hamburg [Germany], July 7 (ANI): As many as 76 people were hurt in clashes with the German police here after the security force used water cannons on the people protesting against the G-20 summit taking place in the city were pelting them with water bottles.
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Replacement of BPA on water bottles may not cause obesity: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 10 (ANI): Those common chemicals that manufacturers use to make plastic food containers, water bottles and other consumer products, instead of BPA, do not contribute to obesity, says a study.
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