Plastic

Snack manufacturers, like PepsiCo India, ITC and Cavinkare have shown enthusiasm in altering their current ways to meet the plastic ban in various states, including Maharashtra.

"The ban will be primarily on plastic carry bags, plastic plates, plastic cups, plastic flags, small plastic sachets used in packaging water, among others."

A student of Class 2 at Sat Pal Mittal School, Aayaan Aggarwal has been actively spearheading an anti-plastic crusade across the city for the past few months.

A recent incident in one of the government colleges was the trigger for the state department to initiate this move.

These actions serve as perfect examples and can be taken up by other states as well.

Scheduled from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. with breaks every two hours, the team began the first day by cleaning up the school playgrounds and retrieved over 100 bags of trash.

Manohar Parrikar, the Chief Minister of Goa, had set 30 May 2018 as the deadline to ban plastic from shops and vendors.

BioGreen makes bags with biodegradable raw material which also has the efficiency of conventional plastic

Plastic straws are useful for a few minutes but pose a threat to the environment for years. Here are some biodegradable options to the plastic problem.

Prof Ramakunja spreads an important environmental message.