Plastic Ban

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  Why Plastic Flowers Not Included In List Of Banned Plastic Items: HC To Centre

  The Bombay High Court sought to know why plastic flowers were not included in the list of single-use plastic items banned by the Union government.

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  No Plastic Straws, Cutlery At Canada Restaurants Despite Court Ruling

  Canadian restaurants and cafes were no longer permitted as of Wednesday to offer plastic straws, food containers, checkout bags or cutlery to customers -- despite a court ruling that such restrictions are unconstitutional.

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  UK To Ban Single-Use Plastic Plates And Cutlery To Combat Pollution

  Government figures suggest that 1.1 billion single-use plates and 4.25 billion items of single-use cutlery are used in England each year.

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  Is India Ready For Plastic Ban? Why Stocks of Juice Packs Are Running Out

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a reputation for imposing policies suddenly on an unprepared nation, but when he pledged in 2019 to eliminate single-use plastics, food and beverage makers had years to prepare.

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  Centre's Ban On Single-Use Plastic Items Lacks Preparation: Delhi Minister

  The Centre did not prepare enough to provide people alternatives and shift manufacturing units to green options before banning single-use plastic and the curbs cannot be imposed forcibly, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has said.

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  Delhi Sets Up Control Room To Monitor Plastic Ban; Rs 1 Lakh Fine For Violation

  The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has set up a control room to monitor the implementation of the ban on 19 identified single-use plastic items and will start shutting units violating it from Monday, officials said.

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  Delhi Gives 10-Day Grace Period To Comply With Single-Use Plastic Ban

  The Delhi government has decided to be lenient towards those violating the ban on single-use plastic (SUP) items for the initial 10 days and has launched a massive campaign to create awareness against the use of such commodities.

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  Nearly 700 Kg Single-Use Plastic Items Seized In Delhi On Day 1 Of Ban

  Civic authorities on Friday seized nearly 700 kg of plastic items and issued over 350 challans in its jurisdiction in view of the countrywide ban on single-use plastic (SUP), an official statement said.

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  Delhi Ready To Phase Out Single-Use Plastic From July 1: Officials

  With two days to go for phasing out single-use plastic in the national capital from July 1, the Delhi government is geared up with its action plan.

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  Punjab To Ban Single-Use Plastic From July

  During a virtual state-level function to mark World Environment Day 2022, Secretary, Science, Technology and Environment Rahul Tewari announced the decision of the state government for environment protection.

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  How Mumbai Civic Body Is Asking People To Avoid Plastic On Halloween

  The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in Mumbai always has a quirky way of getting across its messages to netizens.

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  Zomato Changes Setting On App To Reduce Plastic Waste; Twitter Applauds

  Zomato makes some changes in their APP's settings to reduce plastic wastage. Now, we need to 'opt in' to get cutleries along with our order. Read on for details.

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  Aaditya Thackeray Says Maharashtra To Be Single-Use Plastic Free By May 1

  The Shiv Sena-led government will make Maharashtra single-use plastic free of by May 1, Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray told the legislative council on Friday.

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  Lok Sabha Speaker's Request To MPs On Single-Use Plastic

  Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla today suggested that the members of Parliament should take a pledge to ban single-use plastic in a bid to encourage people for the same.

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  Kerala Government Bans Single-Use Plastic From January 2020: Report

  The Kerala government today decided to ban single-use-plastic products from January one.