The Nagaland government banned single use plastic (SUP) in the state to eradicate the serious environmental and ecological challenges posed by the rampant use of plastic.
Hyderabad: From Friday, as part of the implementation of the ban on single-use plastic, a penalty of Rs.1 lakh will be levied on producers of banned plastic items, while if caught for the second time the penalty will be Rs 2 lakh. In addition to this, the license will be cancelled and banned material will […]
New Delhi: The ban on select single-use plastics by the Centre in order to reduce plastic wastage comes into effect from today. Single-use plastics are typically items that are discarded after being used only once and does not go for the recycling process. They are a big contributor to plastic pollution. The adverse impacts and […]
New Delhi: Ahead of the total ban on Single Use Plastic (SUP) from July 1, about 200-odd brand owners, including several MNCs, and 26 importers of plastic have registered for the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for plastic packaging under the amended Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016. As per the data from Central Pollution Control Board […]
Karimnagar: Municipal Corporation of Karimnagar has decided to ban single use plastic in its limits from July 1. MCK authorities have taken this decision according to the state government rule 2021. Municipal Commissioner Seva Islawath conducted a meeting with wholesale and retail traders to educate them about the ban of single use plastic and the […]
Earbuds with plastic sticks, plastic sticks for balloons, plastic flags, candy sticks, ice-cream sticks, polystyrene (thermocol) for decoration are proposed to be phased out by January 1.
The new RARE Logo is a simple, stylised leaf in gold of Ginkgo biloba, familiar to many as the maidenhair tree and is a metaphor for change to be led by travel and the community.