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Gurugram Lady Opens ‘Crockery Bank’ for Steel Utensils to Reduce Plastic Waste!
Even as citizens in Maharashtra continue to face severe struggles over a statewide plastic ban, one Gurugram resident is taking conscious efforts to make her city plastic-free in her own small way....
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TN School Girls Fight Plastic, Send Back 20000+ Waste Wrappers to Manufacturers!
Thanks to the widespread penetration of plastic, the sad reality is that you will rarely come across public and private spaces without any plastic content at all. Wrappers, poly bags and broken...
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Maharashtra Plastic Ban: 26 Mumbai Societies Hold ‘Unique’ Funeral To Go Green!
What do you expect when you walk into a funeral procession? Grim faces, devotional hymns, traditional chants, perhaps? The funeral procession that we are talking about will blow your mind. It had no...
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Exclusive: BMC Deputy Chief Busts Myths About Mumbai’s Plastic Ban
On June 23, 2018, the Maharashtra state-wide plastic ban came into effect. From what’s banned and what’s not, to understanding the role of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) newly-appointed...
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How a Tamil Nadu Town Got an MNC to Take Responsibility for Its Plastic Waste!
Many states in India, like Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu are taking serious steps to curb the menace of plastic pollution. In fact, while Tamil Nadu has proposed a formal plastic ban in...
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Soon, Taking This Green Step Will Get You 5% Discount In Tamil Nadu Restaurants!
The Bring Your Own Bag initiative received a warm welcome and was adopted by retail stores across the country. Now, the Tamil Nadu Hotels Association has made an interesting announcement along similar...
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1400 per Month to 0! Rashtrapati Bhawan Goes Green Through This Amazing Step
Just as his first year as the President of India comes to an end, Ram Nath Kovind has brought about a green change in his office—all the plastic bottles in his office have been replaced by glass...
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Green Governance: Meet the IAS Officer Powering a Recycling Revolution in...
Mahatma Gandhi had once said, “The earth has enough resources for our need, but not for our greed.” The manner in which we are overexploiting resources and polluting our planet to meet our needs...
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Making Money From Plastic Waste? Kerala Village Sets Bar, Shows How It Can Be...
Nedumgandam, a small village in Idukki district, Kerala, is setting the bar for plastic waste management in India. According to Manorama Online, a Kerala-based publication, the village panchayat sold...
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Bengaluru NGO Turns Old Plastic Into Anti-Slippery & Recyclable Tiles You Can...
Despite taking multiple steps to address the plastic waste problem, residents and authorities in Bengaluru know that there is still a long way to go. According to officials at the Bruhat Bengaluru...
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Govt Opens New Routes, Trekking Trails In Ladakh: 5 Things Tourists Must Keep...
In a significant development for the tourism sector in Ladakh, (which accounts for a large slice of the local economy) the Ministry of Home Affairs has recently approved the State government’s decision...
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Govt Officer Helps 10 Manipuri Villages Use Plastic Bottles to Sweep Out...
According to the Manipur government, plastic comprises 5% of the total solid waste generated in Imphal per day. Consequently, in June 2018, it issued a total ban on the use of plastic bags. However,...
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Vadodara Government Office Will Recycle & Reuse 14.7 Lakh Litre of...
‘Life depends on water, the reservoir depends on you’ – religiously following this mantra, Central GST Vadodara-II Commissionerate office under the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance has...
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Inspiring Lessons From Gujarat Village That Went Garbage-Free in Just 8 Months!
What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you picture a village? An open area with lush greenery, houses made of bamboo and mud and lungful of fresh air. The reality, however, is entirely...
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Mumbai Mom’s Low-Waste B’Day Celebrations for Daughter Is a Lesson for us All
It is no secret that Indians love to go overboard when it comes to celebratory occasions like birthdays and anniversaries. Perhaps it is because we love involving everyone in our joy, while also...
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Delhi Startup Helps Recycle 100K Tons of Plastic Waste Into Bags, Shirts & More
Almost a hundred years ago, billiards, a game played with a cue stick, was so popular in the United States that it increased the demand for natural ivory used to make the balls. To prevent the...
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This Couple’s Unique School in Assam Accepts Plastic Waste as School Fees!
This article is part of #IndiansAgainstPlastic series. The Better India and Karnival.com are recognizing 5 heroes who are ensuring the fight against plastic is a battle to the finish, leading to a...
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Earn Money From Your Scrap: 5 Online Kabadiwalas That Have Doorstep Service
As a child, I would eagerly wait for the month end. I would start calling up Rajesh, our local scrap dealer, as soon as our newspaper shelf was full. The money earned from selling newspapers and other...
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Determined Municipal Official Makes Maharashtra Town Waste-Free In 4 Months!
Heaps of garbage, toxic smells, flocks of birds hovering in the sky and waste pickers rummaging through the mulch; this is the picture that generally comes to my mind when I can think of a landfill in...
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Bengaluru Firm Invents Eco-Friendly Flex to Fight Plastic Pollution!
Living in India, you would have come across huge billboards or flexes everyday. From highways to markets, the flashy material is used by advertising companies to draw people’s attention. Any wholesale...
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