Delhi Airport: The First Single-use Plastic-free airport

The Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has become the first airport in India to become free of single-use plastics. The airport committed itself to become single-use plastics free on the World Environment Day in 2018. Highlights DIAL has used eco-friendly alternatives to reduce the plastic use. The Plastic items that are exempted at the airport ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020

Category: Environment Current Affairs

Topics: Ban on Plastic • Ban on single use Plastic • End Plastic Pollution • Plastic • Plastic pollution • Plastic Waste Management • single use plastic

October 12: World Migratory Bird Day

World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) is an awareness – raising campaign organized by CMS (Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of wild animals) and AEWA (Agreement on the Conservation of African – Eurasian Migratory water birds) that highlights the conservation of migratory birds, threats faced by them, their ecological importance the need for international ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019

Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs

Topics: migratory birds • Plastic pollution • Pollution • UNEP • United Nations • world migratory bird day

IR to recharge phones of passengers using Plastic Bottle Crushers at stations

Indian Railways will help recharge phones of passengers if they use plastic bottle crushing machines installed at stations. The step is in a bid to promote Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative to junk single use plastic. In PM Modi’s 2019 Independence Day speech he appealed to nation to eliminate single-use plastic and to find alternatives ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

Topics: Ban on single use Plastic • Indian Railways • Phone Recharge • Plastic Bottle Crushers • Plastic pollution • South Western Railway zone

Food Ministry puts blanket ban on single use plastic products from 15 Sept

Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution has announced a blanket ban on all types of single use plastic products in various departments of Ministry and all its Public Sector Units (PSUs) including Food Corporation of India (FCI) starting from 15 September 2019. Key Highlights The decision on this ban on use of ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019

Topics: Food Corporation of India • Plastic Ban • Plastic pollution • single-use plastics • Swachhata Hi Sewa campaign • Swachhata Pakhwada • Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution

India’s first garbage cafe is set to open in Ambikapur

In a unique initiative, the Ambikapur municipal corporation of Chhattisgarh will soon open India’s first ‘Garbage Cafe’ in the city of Ambikapur. This initiative is a step towards making the city plastic-free. In this unique Cafe’ poor people and rag pickers will get free food in exchange for 1Kg of plastic, while breakfast will be ..

Topics: Contents • Economy • Municipal solid waste • Plastic pollution • Recycling • Street furniture • SWaCH • Waste • Waste container • Waste management