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Drive against plastic bags back [1]

The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) will launch a massive campaign against use of plastic carry bags of thickness below 40 microns. The campaign will be launched at Gariahat market of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) by the state environment minister, Dr Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar, on 1 July.

Publication Date: 
30/06/2011
Statesman (Kolkata) [2]
Tags:
State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) [3], Plastics [4], Non Biodegradable Waste [5], Calcutta (D) [6], Municipal Corporation [7], Urban Waterlogging [8]
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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/calcutta-d
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/municipal-corporation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-waterlogging