plastic pollution

Navi Mumbai civic body promotes cloth bags to curb plastic

Representative Image MUMBAI: In an effort to replace plastic bags with cloth bags, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) began…

3 years ago

Nations sign up to end plastic pollution

Representative Image NAIROBI: At the United Nations Environment Assembly held in Nairobi on March 2, Heads of State, environment ministers…

3 years ago

India, Australia & Singapore partner to tackle marine pollution

Representative Image NEW DELHI: India, in partnership with Australia and Singapore, is working towards research interventions for monitoring and assessing…

3 years ago

Coca-Cola and PepsiCo ranked as world’s leading plastic polluters

Representative Image NEW DELHI: ‘Break Free from Plastic’, a global movement to demand massive reductions in single-use plastics, released a…

3 years ago

After Flipkart and Air India, Amazon India too bans single-use plastic

Representative Image BENGALURU: Amazon India, on September 4, said that they will replace all single-use plastic product used in its…

5 years ago

India generates 9.46 million tonnes of plastic waste annually: UPC

Representative Image NEW DELHI: A new study by Un-Plastic Collective (UPC), a voluntary multi-stakeholder initiative reveals that India generates 9.46…

5 years ago

VMC commissioner pledges to make plastic free city

Representative Image VIJAYAWADA: V Prasanna Venkatesh, the newly appointed Municipal Commissioner of Vijayawada, has taken up plastic pollution on a…

5 years ago

BBMP to fines citizens as well for using plastic

Representative Image BENGALURU: The Bruhat Bengaluru Managar Palike (BBMP) is all set to fine not only traders but the citizens…

5 years ago

Collector of Kochi imposes plastic ban at Fort Kochi

Representative Image KOCHI: S Suhas, the newly appointed District Collector of Kochi has banned all non-recyclable plastic in Fort Kochi…

5 years ago

Canada pledged to ban single use plastic by 2021

Representative Image OTTAWA: Every year, Canadians generates over 3 million tonnes of plastic waste. About one-third of the plastic used…

5 years ago