Plastic Ban

Norway welcomes India's single-use plastic ban, praises PM Modi for 'important step'

The Centre's guidelines to states asking them to ban the use of select single-use plastics came into effect on Friday

Haryana bans single-use plastic

The state government has taken resolute steps for mitigation of pollution caused by littered single-use plastic

Here's why it is time to break our addiction with plastic

On 1 July, India joins the global fight to phase out single-use plastic items — beginning with roughly 19 items which we use once and discard without a thought

Delhi Assembly Election 2020: Two NGOs draft 'green manifesto', demand ban on cutting of trees, I-T rebate for using public transport

Ahead of the Delhi assembly election, two environmental NGOs have drafted a "green manifesto" demanding a blanket ban on the felling of trees and income tax rebate for those using metro train and bus for travel

Mumbai airport will be 100% plastic-free from 2 October; offenders to be fined between Rs 5,000-Rs 25,000

The Mumbai airport will become 100 percent plastic-free from 2 October (Wednesday), said the GVK-run Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) in a statement on Monday. The MIAL released released a notice, laying out the guidelines of plastic-ban in accordance with the Union government.

Spooked by Narendra Modi's plastics ban, corporate India seeks clarity, exemptions

Companies in India will seek exemptions from the government’s planned ban on certain plastic items, fearing the move will disrupt supply chains and raise costs ahead of a festive season, according to sources and an industry document seen by Reuters

Indian Railways to ban single-use plastics from 2 October: How IRCTC has tackled this problem so far

The Indian Railways has decided to take steps towards keeping its premises completely free of single-use plastics

Pakistan's love affair with plastic is chocking the country and its environment

From 14 August, plastic bags will be banned in Islamabad and violators will be subjected to heavy fines.

A year after plastic ban, BMC collects Rs 3.47 crore as fine, lodges 489 FIRs; activists term move a farce

A year after the Maharashtra government enforced a state-wide plastic ban, civic officials in Mumbai have collected Rs 3.47 crore as fine from offenders besides lodging 489 FIRs against them in the metropolis

Only solution to China's plastic pollution is making less of it: Greenpeace report

China's ban on plastic import has disrupted a chain & forced importing countries to look elsewhere.