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Ban on single-use plastic kicks in across India as the country recognises the choking impacts of plastic waste on the environment
India generates nearly one crore tonnes of plastic waste annually, of which around 35 lakh tonnes r…
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Maria Noyen
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Plastic-free and low-waste startups say they saw a massive spike in sales throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
Blueland, a green cleaning products maker, saw an 800% year-over-year growth during the COVID-19 pa…
Brittany Chang
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Three-quarters of the world's population wants single-use plastics banned, according to new study
The new poll by Reuters and IPSOS comes as countries meet in Nairobi later this month to start nego…
Alex Bitter
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This startup wants you to pay $8 a month to offset all the single-use plastic you consume
Of the $8 monthly subscription fee, $5 will go towards the "recovery of ocean-bound plastic."
Brittany Chang
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55 tons of ocean plastic collected from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to be recycled into Kia’s electric vehicles!
Kia has already begun upcycling plastic in many car parts, such as the EV9 model which incorporates…
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Walmart will stop providing single-use plastic and paper bags in New York and Colorado in January, accelerating its sustainability push – but creating a new task for customers
New York, Colorado will join New Jersey, Maine, and Vermont as states where Walmart has eliminated …
Ben Tobin
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Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Mars accused of 'warping, reframing, or ignoring' environmental commitments in major sustainability report
Coca-Cola failed to meet many internal sustainability promises and opposed environmental laws, a re…
Grace Dean
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Martha Stewart says she's had work — but not plastic surgery — done to her face because she doesn't want to look her age
"I don't think a lot about age, but I don't want to look my age at all," Martha Stewart, 82, said o…
Amanda Goh
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Here are all the things you won't be able to use after India bans single-use plastics
The government will reportedly provide six months time for people to adapt to alternatives, befo…
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Green is the new red — students and activists are celebrating Valentines Day without chocolates, flowers or teddy bears
'Green is my Valentine' is the theme for many people on Valentine's Day. From businesses to student…
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India won’t be banning plastic — for now
India's ministry of environment has issued a notice telling states and UTs that there no nationwide…
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Visualizing beloved aquatic animals when we reach for plastic might just help us use less of it and protect our oceans
New research shows that photos of animals above recycling bins appeared to reduce people's behavior…
Tim Paradis
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80% plastic pollution could be eradicated by 2040 with appropriate policy changes: UNEP report
To slash plastic pollution by 80 per cent globally by 2040, the report suggests first eliminating p…
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Coca Cola, Nestlé and PepsiCo are the top global polluters in plastic waste
According to an annual audit conducted by environmental group Break Free From Plastic, of the to…
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PhonePe joins Flipkart in the fight against plastic, bans single use plastic
Flipkart-owned PhonePe has banned single use plastic from all of its offices. It has over 40 office…
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Zomato and Swiggy sell eco-friendly packaging to restaurants, to avoid single-use plastics
And, it seems to have turned people wee bit conscious. But aggregators are aware of the …
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Amazon used enough plastic air packets in its boxes to circle the planet 800 times in 2021, an outside group found. The company said it used far less.
Amazon for the first time shared how much plastic packaging it used. The group Oceana estimated the…
Catherine Boudreau
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Exploring the deep sea to moving mountains — Modi lays out over 20 challenges for India’s young scientists to solve at ISC 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes that technology is the key to unlock India’s development goin…
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I'm a Barbie girl who almost got tricked by a plastic-free hoax
A fake campaign by environmental activists said Barbie-maker Mattel would go plastic-free by 2030. …