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Green beauty is a fashionable term to use, but not everyone knows the real meaning behind it. (Photo: Instagram)

Make your beauty routine eco-friendly with these tips

Refillable containers, green beauty and 'naked' products are revolutionising the beauty industry.

16 Sept 2019 6:46 PM IST

The presence of microplastics in the soil could cause long term damage to the worms and the soil quality. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Microplastics are inhibiting earthworm growth, degrading agricultural...

A study shows that the presence of microplastics in soil is not allowing worms to thrive, thus reducing soil quality.

12 Sept 2019 12:25 PM IST

The scientists, who published their findings in peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Marine Science, said areas with more floating rubbish generally had more microplastic fragments on the sea floor. (Representational Image: AFP)

14 million tonnes of microplastics on sea floor: Australian study

The quantity of the tiny pollutants was 25 times greater than previous localised studies had shown

7 Oct 2020 11:38 AM IST

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

AA Edit | Cut use of plastics, save earth

The nature, intensity, impact and urgency of the issue have changed over the decades

6 Jun 2023 12:20 AM IST

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Scientists create plastic-eating enzyme

The substance is based on an enzyme which was first produced by bacteria living in a Japanese recycling center.

21 May 2018 9:35 AM IST

States Environment Minister Ramdas Kadam also said the Devendra Fadnavis-led government has decided to levy a refundable charge on plastic items like PET bottles and milk pouches which have been exempted from the ban. (Photo: ANI)

EU delegation to India to organise series of evnts on World...

In this year's theme, a conference on sharing best practices on plastic waste management will be held on June 1 at...

31 May 2018 1:33 PM IST

Amazon sends buyer single bag of dog food wrapped in 150 air-filled...

Jools Bullingham filmed daughter pulling out chain of pouches from large cardboard box, prompting disgust from family.

9 Jun 2018 11:04 AM IST

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Maharashtra plastic ban: Restaurant delivers food in steel lunch boxes

As part of the initiative taken by the restaurant, the customers are asked to return boxes after the delivery.

26 Jun 2018 4:47 PM IST

Peta displays a dead cow consume plastic waste,on the World Environment Day in front of Victoria Memorial on Monday. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

Pollution control board calls for banning single-use plastics

Single-use plastics are used only once before they are thrown away or recycled.

5 Jun 2018 6:23 AM IST

Half of all plastic enters oceans from just 5 rapidly growing economies in South-East Asia.

India has set example by committing to beat plastic pollution: UN

The event was organised by New Delhi Social Workers Association and the United Nations Environment Programme.

3 Jun 2018 10:38 AM IST

Sini training children

Joys of recycling

Through project Kalivandi, Sini is collecting waste from Kerala's schools and turning it into toys.

7 Aug 2018 12:31 AM IST

The two competitions, paragraph and slogan writing, ask citizens to share success stories in this regard as negativity around the use of plastics needs to be effectively addressedâ€.( Representational Image)

Centre asks citizens to share stories on 'positive role' of plastic

A city-based NGO, Delhi Greens, has written to the ministry to remove these competitions immediately.

10 Aug 2018 6:24 AM IST