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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

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This plastic alternative could solve pollution problem

This new route was enabled by a class of powerful new catalysts they have designed and synthesised.

25 Jun 2018 11:27 AM IST

$Particle concentration ranged from \zero to more than 10,000 likely plastic particles in a single bottle\ (Photo: AFP)$ Business

Top firms pledge to cut plastic use on World Environment Day

PepsiCo will also pilot first-ever plant-based, 100 per cent compostable packaging for Lay's and Kurkure snacks products...

5 Jun 2018 7:45 PM IST

First held in 1974, it has been a flagship campaign for raising awareness on emerging environmental issues from marine pollution, human overpopulation, and global warming, to sustainable consumption and wildlife crime. (Photo: PTI)

World Environment Day 2018: Here's how India is spreading message on...

This year's host is India and the official theme is 'Beating plastic pollution.'

5 Jun 2018 10:13 AM IST

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Contribute consciously to save the environment

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4 Jun 2018 5:51 PM IST

According to a report published by Central Pollution Control Board in June 2013, Maharashtra produced over 1,000 tons of plastic waste.

Plough up the plastic

As World Environment Day approaches, the city buckles up to get rid of arguably the biggest threat to the environment:...

4 Jun 2018 5:29 AM IST

An aerial view of the floods in Aluva after heavy rains, in Kerala. (Photo: PTI)

Bangalore youth to take plastic back for recycling

The initiative which was announced on the social media has got huge responses from different people all over the world,...

24 Aug 2018 2:05 AM IST

So far, BPS seems to be a potent endocrine disruptor (Photo: AFP)

Breast cancer risk higher due to hard plastic exposure

Bisphenol S (BPS), a substitute for the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA), shows the potential for increasing the...

2 April 2017 11:59 AM IST

Dozens of the endangered creatures need rescuing every year around Watamu, where plastic litter accumulates in Indian Ocean. (Photo: Pixabay)

Sea turtles' sad fate: from restaurant menus to plastic 'soup'

Turtles confuse these items, bobbing and fluttering about in the ocean currents, for jellyfish or other prey.

4 Dec 2017 1:37 PM IST