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Environment Ministry suggests ‘buy back policy’ and other models for plastic pens re-use
NEW DELHI: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has informed the National Green…
Kochi Naval Base gets plastic waste handling facility
KOCHI: On Saturday, August 29, a new plastic waste handling facility was inaugurated in Kochi,…
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…
NGT directs CPCB to strictly ban import of plastic waste
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)…
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…
Malaysia to return 3,000 metric tonnes plastic waste to 14 countries
KUALA LAMPUR: Malaysia will return 3,000 metric tonnes of plastic waste to the countries that…
‘25 states to pay Rs 1 crore each as environment compensation’
NEW DELHI: Governments of 25 states have to pay a fine of Rs 1 crore…
MCA to use plastic waste for road construction
AMBALA: The Municipal Corporation Ambala (MCA) has planned to use plastic and polythene waste in…