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How New Delhi's Avayacam Empowers Disabled Artisans, Turns Waste To Wealth
The world's most populous nation India has a waste problem to match, but one group hopes their efforts can inspire change in one of the top polluters of plastic.
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India Tops World In Plastic Pollution, Produces 20% Of Global Waste
The amount of waste produced in India could fill approximately 604 Taj Mahals.
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Art Made Of Garbage Highlights The Issue Of Plastic Pollution In Ocean
The massive, fish-shaped structure composed of plastic trash was constructed by the authorities at the Besant Nagar beach in Chennai.
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Experts Warn About China's 'Plastic Rocks', An Environmental Nightmare
The 'plastic rocks' were found in China's Heichi City. Experts said they were formed from the glut of plastic pollution floating in the ocean.
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Minister Aaditya Thackeray Signs Pact To Fight Plastic Pollution At Davos
Maharashtra, India's largest state in terms of GDP and home to the country's financial capital Mumbai, on Sunday joined the World Economic Forum's Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) to advance regional efforts to fight plastic pollution.
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World Oceans Day 2021: Watch The Acrobats Of The Ocean Flip, Twist, Jump
World Oceans Day: Watch a stunning video of a pair of dolphins flip and spin in the air on World Oceans Day. Know the threats to marine life and how we can protect them.
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World Oceans Day 2021: Plastic Waste And India's Awareness Campaign
World Oceans Day: June 8 is marked as World Oceans Day. Oceans play a major role the in the lives of people globally. Plastic pollution is a huge threat to marine life and marine ecology. Here are few facts about plastic waste management
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Discarded Fishing Nets Threaten Ganga Wildlife: Study
Plastic pollution from discarded fishing gear in the Ganges River poses a threat to wildlife such as the critically endangered three-striped roofed turtle and the endangered Ganges river dolphin, according to an international team, including researchers from the Wildlife Institute of India.
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Amazon, Flipkart Need to Establish System for Collecting Plastic Waste: CPCB to NGT
Amazon and Flipkart need to fulfil their extended producer responsibility under the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 and need to establish a system for collecting back the plastic waste generated due to the packaging of their products, the Central Pollution Control Board told the NGT on Tuesday.
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Reliance Industries To Use Plastic In Road Construction Amid Growing Concerns Over Pollution
India, which uses about 14 million tonnes of plastic annually, lacks an organised system for management of plastic waste, leading to widespread littering. New Delhi is the world's most polluted capital, with smog causing school cancellations, flight diversions and untold health problems for its over 20 million people.
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India Produces 25,000 Tonnes Plastic Waste Daily, 40% Uncollected: Centre
India generates more than 25,000 tonnes of plastic waste everyday, 40 per cent of which remains uncollected and littered in the environment, the Centre informed the Lok Sabha today.
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Boy, 16, Wants Amazon, Flipkart To Cut Plastic Use, Writes To Green Court
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday sought a report from the Central Pollution Control Board on a plea by a minor boy seeking directions to e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart to stop excessive plastic use in packaging.
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India To Ban Six Single-Use Plastic Products From October 2: Report
The Centre is set to impose a nationwide ban on plastic bags, cups and straws on October 2, officials said, in its most sweeping measure yet to stamp out single-use plastics from cities and villages that rank among the world's most polluted.
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Sand Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik Wins People's Choice Award In US
Renowned Indian sand artist and Padma Awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the People's Choice Award at a prestigious sand sculpting festival in the US, wowing the American public with his sculpture that highlighted the message of combating plastic pollution in oceans.
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Do You Know What Is 'Plogging'? The Hottest Trend In India Right Now
The Swedish phenomenon of "plogging", where joggers combine their run with picking up the trash they find in nature, is going global as both environment and fitness fanatics benefit from the new trend.
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How New Delhi's Avayacam Empowers Disabled Artisans, Turns Waste To Wealth
The world's most populous nation India has a waste problem to match, but one group hopes their efforts can inspire change in one of the top polluters of plastic.
-
India Tops World In Plastic Pollution, Produces 20% Of Global Waste
The amount of waste produced in India could fill approximately 604 Taj Mahals.
-
Art Made Of Garbage Highlights The Issue Of Plastic Pollution In Ocean
The massive, fish-shaped structure composed of plastic trash was constructed by the authorities at the Besant Nagar beach in Chennai.
-
Experts Warn About China's 'Plastic Rocks', An Environmental Nightmare
The 'plastic rocks' were found in China's Heichi City. Experts said they were formed from the glut of plastic pollution floating in the ocean.
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Minister Aaditya Thackeray Signs Pact To Fight Plastic Pollution At Davos
Maharashtra, India's largest state in terms of GDP and home to the country's financial capital Mumbai, on Sunday joined the World Economic Forum's Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) to advance regional efforts to fight plastic pollution.
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World Oceans Day 2021: Watch The Acrobats Of The Ocean Flip, Twist, Jump
World Oceans Day: Watch a stunning video of a pair of dolphins flip and spin in the air on World Oceans Day. Know the threats to marine life and how we can protect them.
-
World Oceans Day 2021: Plastic Waste And India's Awareness Campaign
World Oceans Day: June 8 is marked as World Oceans Day. Oceans play a major role the in the lives of people globally. Plastic pollution is a huge threat to marine life and marine ecology. Here are few facts about plastic waste management
-
Discarded Fishing Nets Threaten Ganga Wildlife: Study
Plastic pollution from discarded fishing gear in the Ganges River poses a threat to wildlife such as the critically endangered three-striped roofed turtle and the endangered Ganges river dolphin, according to an international team, including researchers from the Wildlife Institute of India.
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Amazon, Flipkart Need to Establish System for Collecting Plastic Waste: CPCB to NGT
Amazon and Flipkart need to fulfil their extended producer responsibility under the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 and need to establish a system for collecting back the plastic waste generated due to the packaging of their products, the Central Pollution Control Board told the NGT on Tuesday.
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Reliance Industries To Use Plastic In Road Construction Amid Growing Concerns Over Pollution
India, which uses about 14 million tonnes of plastic annually, lacks an organised system for management of plastic waste, leading to widespread littering. New Delhi is the world's most polluted capital, with smog causing school cancellations, flight diversions and untold health problems for its over 20 million people.
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India Produces 25,000 Tonnes Plastic Waste Daily, 40% Uncollected: Centre
India generates more than 25,000 tonnes of plastic waste everyday, 40 per cent of which remains uncollected and littered in the environment, the Centre informed the Lok Sabha today.
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Boy, 16, Wants Amazon, Flipkart To Cut Plastic Use, Writes To Green Court
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday sought a report from the Central Pollution Control Board on a plea by a minor boy seeking directions to e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart to stop excessive plastic use in packaging.
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India To Ban Six Single-Use Plastic Products From October 2: Report
The Centre is set to impose a nationwide ban on plastic bags, cups and straws on October 2, officials said, in its most sweeping measure yet to stamp out single-use plastics from cities and villages that rank among the world's most polluted.
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Sand Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik Wins People's Choice Award In US
Renowned Indian sand artist and Padma Awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the People's Choice Award at a prestigious sand sculpting festival in the US, wowing the American public with his sculpture that highlighted the message of combating plastic pollution in oceans.
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Do You Know What Is 'Plogging'? The Hottest Trend In India Right Now
The Swedish phenomenon of "plogging", where joggers combine their run with picking up the trash they find in nature, is going global as both environment and fitness fanatics benefit from the new trend.
