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Centre garners nearly Rs 3,300 crore revenue from disposal of office wasteSince 2021, the Centre's cleanliness campaigns have generated nearly Rs 3,300 crore from office waste disposal, freeing 696.27 lakh sq ft o...
Strict action against those using banned plastic carry bags, products: Kerala CMKerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced stringent actions against the use of banned plastic products following the drowning of a s...
Life without plastics? It’s possible with these sustainable innovationsThe ban on single-use plastics opens a massive business opportunity for players in the sustainable packaging space. The concluding article ...
Doing away with single use plastic by 2022 will be Clean India part 2: Prakash Javadekar"The government's next big priority after achieving the aim of building 100 million toilets is to phase out single use plastic," the minist...
Kulhad pe charcha across 400 railway stationsTerracotta products like kulhads, glasses and plates will be used for serving food and beverages.
Railways to instal water bottle crushers in 407 stations in metro cities"Indian Railways also undertook massive 'Shramdaan' with participation from all stakeholders on plastic waste collection on the first day o...
Railways to pay passengers using plastic bottle crushers at stationsIn his Independence Day speech, Modi had appealed to the nation to eliminate single-use plastic and find alternatives to plastic water bott...
Railways to recharge phones of passengers using plastic bottle crushers at stationsRailways have issued directions that from October 2 this year, single use plastic will not be used on its premises.
Food ministry seeks alternatives for packaged drinking waterHe informed that an inter-ministerial committee, under the chairmanship of cabinet secretary, has been formed to look into the issue of ban...
Govt to launch plastic waste collection drive from September 11To collect 10,000 tons of plastic by Gandhi Jayanti for recycling and disposal by October 2.
View: How not to create jobsGadkari has requested Piyush Goyal to make kulhads mandatory at all railway stations in the country.
Railway Board orders strict plastic ban from October 2Railway Board has asked all its zonal offices to enforce a strict plastic ban at all stations from October 2.
The world's 2-billion-ton trash problem just got more alarmingThe dumping of rich countries’ unwanted waste has fuelled a media storm the world over.
Over 25 states may have to pay Rs 1 cr each for no action plan on plastic wasteThough 22 states have imposed complete ban on use of plastic carry bags, they are indiscriminately stocked.
Railways, metro, airports authorised to implement plastic ban: Maharashtra to High CourtIn April, a division bench of Justices A S Oka and Riyaz Chagla refused to stay the notification after observing that the court cannot igno...
NGT raps Railways for failure to check littering on tracksThe NGT pulled up the Railways for its failure to check littering on New Delhi railway station, saying "you are creating havoc in the socie...
Bombay high court rejects PIL asking railways to re-impose ban on plasticBombay high court today declined to entertain a PIL which sought a direction to the Central Railway (CR) to re-impose a ban on use of plast...
PIL seeks ban on plastic in platforms,trains: HC asks Central Railway to replyBombay High Court has asked Central Railway to file a reply to PIL seeking a direction to re-impose the ban on plastic bags.
Railways removes curtains from third AC coachesCiting safety reasons, railways has decided to remove curtains put on pathways of all air-conditioned three-tier (3 AC) coaches of trains.
Railway Budget 2013: Plan to ban plastic for catering purposesThe country's largest transporter is also planning to set up an energy management company to harness the potential of wind and solar power.