MUMBAI: In an effort to replace plastic bags with cloth bags, the Navi Mumbai Municipal…
Tag: plastic pollution
Nations sign up to end plastic pollution
NAIROBI: At the United Nations Environment Assembly held in Nairobi on March 2, Heads of…
India, Australia & Singapore partner to tackle marine pollution
NEW DELHI: India, in partnership with Australia and Singapore, is working towards research interventions for…
Coca-Cola and PepsiCo ranked as world’s leading plastic polluters
NEW DELHI: ‘Break Free from Plastic’, a global movement to demand massive reductions in single-use…
After Flipkart and Air India, Amazon India too bans single-use plastic
BENGALURU: Amazon India, on September 4, said that they will replace all single-use plastic product…
India generates 9.46 million tonnes of plastic waste annually: UPC
NEW DELHI: A new study by Un-Plastic Collective (UPC), a voluntary multi-stakeholder initiative reveals that…
VMC commissioner pledges to make plastic free city
VIJAYAWADA: V Prasanna Venkatesh, the newly appointed Municipal Commissioner of Vijayawada, has taken up plastic…
BBMP to fines citizens as well for using plastic
BENGALURU: The Bruhat Bengaluru Managar Palike (BBMP) is all set to fine not only traders…
Collector of Kochi imposes plastic ban at Fort Kochi
KOCHI: S Suhas, the newly appointed District Collector of Kochi has banned all non-recyclable plastic…
Canada pledged to ban single use plastic by 2021
OTTAWA: Every year, Canadians generates over 3 million tonnes of plastic waste. About one-third of…