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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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Air India To Minimise Plastic Use On All Flights By 80% On World Earth Day
Air India today announced to minimise single-use plastic usage by approximately 80 per cent on board all flights across its worldwide network.
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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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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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These 5 Delhi Markets May Get Rid Of Single-Use-Plastic
With an aim to improve its ranking in the Swachh Survekshan this year, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation has decided to make five of its popular markets, including Greater Kailash-1 and 2, completely free of single-use-plastic, officials said.
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Delhi To Identify Single-Use Plastic Littering Hotspots By October 31
The Delhi government will identify single-use plastic littering hotspots and the entry points of such items into water bodies and drains by October 31, according to a draft action plan for the elimination of environmentally hazardous products.
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These Single-Use Plastic Items Will Be Banned From July 1 Next Year
The Centre has notified amended rules prohibiting manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of identified single-use plastic items, including plates,and packing films boxes for sweets and cigarette packets among others.
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Several Delhi Malls, Hotels Declared "Single-Use Plastic Free"
Several plush malls and hotels in south Delhi were on Saturday declared "single-use plastic free" as part of the area's civic body's efforts to curb use of such items, officials said.
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Malls In Delhi's Saket, Vasant Kunj Declared "Single-Use Plastic Free"
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Saturday declared that the Select City Walk, DLF Avenue Saket and MGF malls in Saket area, Ambience, DLF Promenade, and DLF Emporia malls in Vasant Kunj as 'Single-use plastic free'
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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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Ireland To Impose "Latte-Levy" By 2021 To Reduce Single-Use Plastic Cups
Ireland will impose a so-called "latte levy" on disposable coffee cups by 2021 in a bid to change consumer habits and cut the environmental impact from the use of single-use plastics, its minister for climate action said on Wednesday.
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Trivendra Singh Rawat Forms 50 km-Long Human Chain Against Single-Use Plastic
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat took part in a human chain today to create awareness about the ill effects of single-use plastic among the masses.
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Plastic Waste Kills Cows, Stops Rainwater From Percolating: Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday urged people to carry cloth bags for shopping and avoid using plastic bags.
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IGNOU Pledges To Eliminate Single-Use Plastic In Campus
Professor Nageshwar Rao, Vice Chancellor, IGNOU has urged his staff members to use cloth and jute bags instead. He said that it is a step towards the Prime Minister's call to the nation to make the country free from single-use plastics.
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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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Air India To Minimise Plastic Use On All Flights By 80% On World Earth Day
Air India today announced to minimise single-use plastic usage by approximately 80 per cent on board all flights across its worldwide network.
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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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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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These 5 Delhi Markets May Get Rid Of Single-Use-Plastic
With an aim to improve its ranking in the Swachh Survekshan this year, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation has decided to make five of its popular markets, including Greater Kailash-1 and 2, completely free of single-use-plastic, officials said.
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Delhi To Identify Single-Use Plastic Littering Hotspots By October 31
The Delhi government will identify single-use plastic littering hotspots and the entry points of such items into water bodies and drains by October 31, according to a draft action plan for the elimination of environmentally hazardous products.
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These Single-Use Plastic Items Will Be Banned From July 1 Next Year
The Centre has notified amended rules prohibiting manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of identified single-use plastic items, including plates,and packing films boxes for sweets and cigarette packets among others.
-
Several Delhi Malls, Hotels Declared "Single-Use Plastic Free"
Several plush malls and hotels in south Delhi were on Saturday declared "single-use plastic free" as part of the area's civic body's efforts to curb use of such items, officials said.
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Malls In Delhi's Saket, Vasant Kunj Declared "Single-Use Plastic Free"
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Saturday declared that the Select City Walk, DLF Avenue Saket and MGF malls in Saket area, Ambience, DLF Promenade, and DLF Emporia malls in Vasant Kunj as 'Single-use plastic free'
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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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Ireland To Impose "Latte-Levy" By 2021 To Reduce Single-Use Plastic Cups
Ireland will impose a so-called "latte levy" on disposable coffee cups by 2021 in a bid to change consumer habits and cut the environmental impact from the use of single-use plastics, its minister for climate action said on Wednesday.
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Trivendra Singh Rawat Forms 50 km-Long Human Chain Against Single-Use Plastic
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat took part in a human chain today to create awareness about the ill effects of single-use plastic among the masses.
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Plastic Waste Kills Cows, Stops Rainwater From Percolating: Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday urged people to carry cloth bags for shopping and avoid using plastic bags.
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IGNOU Pledges To Eliminate Single-Use Plastic In Campus
Professor Nageshwar Rao, Vice Chancellor, IGNOU has urged his staff members to use cloth and jute bags instead. He said that it is a step towards the Prime Minister's call to the nation to make the country free from single-use plastics.
