A major fire engulfed a scrap yard located in a residential locality at Colva last night, destroying plastic and other waste

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Delhi Government on a petition by the All-India Plastic Industries

Students with No Horn placards in front of the school. (Sanjoy Chattopadhyaya)

A student

COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Corporation is of the firm view that the menace of non-biodegradable and non-recyclable plastic bags should be eliminated for its waste management programme to be successful.

Mumbai: Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's message of Kar ke Dekho, a group of 10 women in Nashik have started a movement to encourage the use of cloth bags and reject plastic ones.

NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over the harmful impact of plastics on the environment, President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday said effective waste management of plastics was the need of the hour.

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Officials of the State Pollution Control Board, CCL and students of Birsa School clean up the Kanke dam area during an awareness campaign. Picture by Manik Bose
Ranchi, Feb. 2: The state capital would soon be free of polythene bags.

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