Single use plastic ban: CPCB along with SPCBs/PCCs also conducted inspections of major commercial establishments from July-August 2022.
Environment Minister Gopal Rai chaired a roundtable with stakeholders to discuss SUP alternatives and said there is a lot of confusion among the public and even some government agencies regarding the items covered under the ban.
The drive of Noida authority commenced on June 29 from Sector 43 (Som Bazaar) of Noida and it culminated in Sec -77 today.
Paper, jute, glass, wood and clay, among others, can be a better and low-cost alternative to the banned items. There are many small enterprises and entrepreneurs in the country who can meet the rising demand for such alternatives.
The drive was executed with ACEO, PGM, and OSD (horticulture). The public health team, Fonerwa, local NGOs, and local school kids with teachers were also involved.
During a virtual state-level function to mark World Environment Day 2022, Science, Technology and Environment Secretary Rahul Tewari announced the decision for protecting the environment.
Delhi government directed schools to conduct a series of activities on the elimination of single-use plastic.
The manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of following single-use plastic, including polystyrene and expanded polystyrene, commodities shall be prohibited with effect from July 1, 2022.
Amazon India announced on Monday it has eliminated all single-use plastic in packaging originating from its 50-plus fulfillment centres in thecountry.
Jason Momoa recently urged world leaders to step up their climate crisis efforts during a stern UN address, revealing "plastic pollution" is beginning to clog up the oceans and threaten livelihoods in the South Pacific.
In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had expressed his concern on single-use plastics and urged the people to join the movement to collect littered plastic waste along the roadside.
Mulugu's DM campaign started on 16 October 2019 aims to make the district free from single-use plastic before Medaram Jathara Festival on 5 February 2020.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Tuesday took part in a human chain here to create awareness among the people about the ill effects of single-use plastic. About one lakh people including school and college students, traders and intellectuals participated in the campaign and took a pledge to rid the state of single-use plastic and polythene. The 50-KM human chain began from Miyanwala and concluded at the clock tower in the heart of city after crossing through Mussoorie diversion, GMS road and Saharanpur road.
The company is finalising the research, undertaken over the past few years, for liquefaction of toxic plastics waste. It would mean that IOC could put systems at its refineries and petrochemical complexes to commercially produce oil from plastics waste
More than 60 per cent of clothing in use these days includes synthetic fabrics, and that market share is growing fast, adding on to pollution caused by microfibres.
Gurdwara Bangla Sahib has decided to go green by banning the use of all types of plastic in the holy shrine complex to commemorate 550th birth anniversary of the founder of Sikh religion, Guru Nanak Dev.
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Tourism Minister Prahlad Patel on Wednesday announced that single-use plastic will not be allowed on the premises of historical monuments and within 100 metres of them.
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