Tigers captured playing with plastic in Corbett, Twitter fumes
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) A heartbreaking photo of tigers in Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand innocuously playing with a plastic container has gone …
Fresh order on plastic ban on Ganga Yatra route in UP
Lucknow, Jan 28 (IANS) The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has issued a fresh order, banning the use of polythene and single use plastic …
K’taka cricket body fined Rs 50,000 for using plastic cups
Bengaluru, Jan 22 (IANS) City civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) levied a penalty of Rs 50,000 on Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) for …
Masaba Gupta launches anti-plastic clothing line
Mumbai, Jan 22 (IANS) Fashion designer Masaba Gupta has launched a clothing line ‘I Will Wear Out Plastic’, that features clothes, with detachable bags built …
Bhumi Pednekar calls to avoid single use of plastic
Mumbai, Jan 20 (IANS) Bollywood actress Bhumi Pednekar wants everyone to avoid single use of plastics. A climate change warrior, Bhumi took to Instagram to …
Researchers create lightweight 18-carat gold made of plastic
London, Jan 12 (IANS) A good news for jewellery lovers. The objects of their desire may someday become much lighter, but without losing any of …
Goa Carnival to be plastic-free this year: Official
Panaji, Jan 11 (IANS) Goa’s colonial legacy festival, the Carnival, will be plastic free this year, Panaji Mayor Uday Madkaikar said on Saturday. Madkaikar also …
Thai shoppers’ alternatives to plastic bags wow Twitterati
Bangkok, Jan 8 (IANS) After a ban on the use of plastic in Thailand, people have been using different things to make purchases in markets, …
Kabul restaurant switches from plastic to paper
Kabul, Jan 8 (IANS) A restaurant in Kabul has switched to using paper bags and plates instead of the plastic ones in an effort towwards …
B’desh govt asked to ban throwaway plastic products
Dhaka, Jan 7 (IANS) A Bangladesh court on Tuesday asked the government to ban single-use plastic products across the country within the next one year. …
Single-use plastic ban in Kerala, a bother for many
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 2 (IANS) A day after the ban on single-use plastic came into effect in Kerala, officials from the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation were moving from …
Remnants of plastic litter bottom of Mariana Trench
Tokyo, Dec 10 (IANS) Mariana Trench, the deepest point on planet Earth at 11 km 7 miles) below sea level, is an inhospitable place and …
Jason Momoa scolds Chris Pratt for using plastic bottle
Los Angeles, Dec 4 (IANS) Actor Jason Momoa has poked fun at fellow movie superhero Chris Pratt for posing at the gym with a plastic …
Plastic ban to be strictly implemented in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 21 (IANS) Kerala from January 1, 2020 will allow only recyclable plastic material, the state cabinet decided on Thursday. The cabinet meeting was …
Plastic not problem, it’s reckless disposal is: expert
Bengaluru, Nov 20 (IANS) The increasing use of plastic in daily life is not a problem, but it’s reckless disposal by stakeholders is the real …
Flipcart to collect plastic packaging from doorstep
Bengaluru, Nov 14 (IANS) Flipcart on thursday announced the rollout of a new initiative that focuses on creating awareness among consumers on the proper disposal …
‘Harrows of Plastic’ aims to sensitise Chandigarh residents
Chandigarh, Oct 31 (IANS) To sensitise people on minimising use of single-use plastics, a Halloween rally on theme ‘The Harrows of Plastic’ was organised here …
52 kg plastic waste, syringes, coins found in cow’s stomach
Chennai, Oct 22 (IANS) Doctors at the Madras Veterinary Hospital here removed 52 kg plastic waste, syringe needles, nails, aluminium foil used for packing food …
Kuldeep bats for reducing use of single-use plastic
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) India’s left-arm chinaman Kuldeep Yadav on Tuesday announced support for sportswear manufacturer Adidas’s grassroots level initiative to drive awareness about …
BJP MLA prays for damaging limbs of single-use plastic users
Jaipur, Oct 9 (IANS) A video purportedly showing the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Ramganj Mandi MLA Madan Dilawar praying to Godess Durga to damage the …
Plastic-waste Ravana effigy disposed off in Ramlila grounds
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) In a first for the iconic Ramlila Maidan, a Ravana effigy made of discarded plastic was lowered into an incinerator …
Plastic-waste Ravana effigy burnt in Ramlila grounds
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) In a first for the iconic Ramlila Maidan, a Ravana effigy made of discarded plastic was lowered into an incinerator …
Gurdwara Bangla Sahib bans single use plastic
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Gurdwara Bangla Sahib has decided to go green by banning the use of all types of plastic in the holy …
Toronto councillors call on restaurants to ditch plastic cutlery and plates
Two Toronto councillors are pushing city restaurants to start providing reusable cutlery and plates to reduce the amount of single-use plastics heading to the dump. …
Celebs lend support to Nat Geo’s ‘planet over plastic’ initiative
Mumbai, Oct 3 (IANS) Celebrities such as AR Rahman, Neha Dhupia, Sonu Sood and Shamita Shetty have come out in support of a new initiative …
UP couple make a plastic bottle house in Uttarakhand
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 3 (IANS) Deepti Sharma, a school teacher in Meerut, has built a unique house with her husband at Hartola village in …
Nagaland CM leads drive against plastic pollution
Kohima, Oct 3 (IANS) Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Wednesday kicked off the state-wide plastic waste collection drive on the occasion of the 150th …
IndianOil launches drive to turn plastic waste into bitumen
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Country’s largest PSU oil refiner and retailer Indian Oil Corporation has taken up various initiatives to support the government’s drive …
IndianOil scouts for single-use waste plastic providers
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Petrochemical major IndianOil Corporation on Wednesday issued an Expression of Interest (EoI) for procurement of single-use plastic waste which can …
Noida Authority goofs-up with plastic Raavana effigy
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) With India gearing up to ban plastic, the Noida authority in its over enthusiasm declared that it will burn a …
Delhi Police’s Gandhigiri to replace plastic bags
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) The Delhi Police adopts Gandhigiri to convince the shoppers to say no to plastic bags. On Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth …
Odisha extends ban on single-use plastic to all urban bodies
Bhubaneswar, Oct 1 (IANS) Ban on single-use plastic will come into effect in all urban local bodies (ULBs) across Odisha from Gandhi Jayanti on October …
Delhi civic bodies striving to be free of single-use plastic
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) In the period leading up to the commemoration of Mahatma Gandhi birth anniversary on October 2, civic agencies in capital …
Tupperware India to end single-use plastic from packaging
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Kitchenware and culinary brand Tupperware India has announced to stop the usage of single-use plastic for product packaging from October …
ITC Hotels to go plastic free from Dec 31
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANSlife) ITC Hotels will discontinue single-use plastic in all its hotels, from December 31 following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement to …
Rajasthan High Court bans single-use plastic
Jaipur, Sep 29 (IANS) As a mark of respect to the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th Birth Anniversary, the Full Court …
Andhra to impose green tax, ban single-use plastic
Amaravati, Sep 26 (IANS) Cracking the whip on pollutants, the Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday decided to impose a green tax besides banning single-use plastic. …
Single-use plastic banned in Goa govt offices, events
Panaji, Sep 26 (IANS) The Goa government will ban single-use plastic items, including water bottles, plates and cups from being used in government functions, offices …
Plastic ban: Maharashtra notifies categories
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The Maharashtra government has notified the ban on categories of plastic and thermocol including less than 200 ml drinking water …
Omung Kumar avoids plastic use to erect Bigg Boss 13 set
Mumbai, Sep 23 (IANS) Art director Omung Kumar, who has been designing the set for the reality show “Bigg Boss” for years now, decided to …