Plastic Waste

Imagine that the plastic straw you used for a few minutes to sip a drink will lie on this planet for a thousand years!

Not only has this simple initiative saved 1.4 lakh CO2 emissions, it has also increased the income of rag pickers by 25 per cent - a win-win for the planet as well as its people!

Bengaluru generates 4,000 tonnes of waste every day. Don't let your shampoo bottles and milk covers add to that. Give them a new life!

"Companies like PepsiCo should collect back the plastic waste being generated by its brand items by itself or assign some party to do so."

In a detailed interview, the top bureaucrat explains all you need to know about the much-talked-about state-wide plastic ban and its relevance to Mumbai.

Through Corporation Commissioner of Thoothukudi, these kids sent back all the plastic wrappers of food products they'd consumed in two weeks back to their respective manufacturers.

The cost of a single spoon ranges from ₹3 to ₹6, depending on quantity and flavour.

Steep fines starting from Rs 5,000 moving up to a whopping 25,000 will be imposed on those found with these items.

With a 10 kg storage, this uber cool machine has the capacity of recycling 500 plastic bottles at once.

The facilitators of this objective are Suchitwa Mission and Haritha Keralam Mission.