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$Italian gallerist Rossella Orlandi sits on Spanish designer Nacho Carbonells chair Re-evolution, made with recycled plastic from packaging for the \RO Plastic - Masters Pieces\ exhibition. (Photo: AP)$ Life

Turning plastic trash into design treasures

Here's how top designers from across the globe created their masterpieces out of repurposed plastic at the 2019 Milan...

25 April 2019 3:50 PM IST

The slow speed of the solar-powered barrier prevents it from holding onto the plastic after it scoops it up. (Photo: AFP)

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Satellite testing and drone mapping for marine plastics

Greek researchers enlist EU satellite against Aegean Sea litter.

22 April 2019 4:36 PM IST

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Plastic surgery'

She gives society a lesson in plastic upcycling by painting on discarded plastic bottles and selling them.

15 April 2019 12:12 AM IST

The major use of plastics happens in restaurants and in the form of bottles.

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Plastic hell is near

Should India impose a complete ban on plastic?

3 April 2019 1:40 AM IST

The mother whale had been unable to digest calamari due to the huge amount of plastic it had ingested, filling two-thirds of its stomach. (Photo: AP)

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Plastic posing threat to marine life

WWF sounds alarm after 48 lbs of plastic found in dead whale.

2 April 2019 10:00 AM IST

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Plastic Kingdom': The 5th highest greenhouse gas emitter in the world

Besides being a pollution menace, plastic heats up the planet twice as much as aviation industry.

24 May 2019 9:01 AM IST

Increased recycling offers not only societal and environmental benefits but also provides the source materials companies need for sustainable production of goods in a circular economy. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

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Generic recycling message not that effective

People recycle more if they know what recyclable waste becomes: Study.

19 May 2019 1:36 PM IST

A man guides a raft through a polluted canal littered with plastic bags and other garbage in Mumbai, India. (Photo: AP)

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Global framework to manage plastic pollution

UN states that nearly all of the world's countries have agreed on a deal to better manage plastic waste, with the US...

11 May 2019 11:19 AM IST

The team of divers managed to remove 1,626 pounds of trash and 60 pounds of fishing lines from the ocean floor. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

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633 divers set world record for seabed clean up in Florida

The world record for the largest underwater clean up was set by 633 divers who cleaned up the ocean floor at a beach in...

26 Jun 2019 6:42 PM IST

The US in 2018 shipped about 68,000 containers with plastic waste to some developing countries, which mishandle about 70 per cent of their own plastic waste. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

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Unwanted pile up of plastic waste causing hazzard

Here is how is unrecycled plastic affecting environment?

19 Jun 2019 11:13 AM IST

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Do you know that humans are consuming plastic very week?

Humans are unknowingly consuming polymers every week through various sources.

12 Jun 2019 10:20 AM IST

France produced 4.5 million tons of plastic waste in 2016, or 66.6 kg per person, according to this report published on the eve of World Oceans Day.

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WWF states France as the biggest producer of plastic waste in the...

France, biggest producer of plastic waste in the Mediterranean, according to WWF.

9 Jun 2019 2:19 PM IST