Shoppers still use plastic despite knowing its harmful effects
Convenience beats consciousness! Consumers in Kolkata continue to use plastic bags to carry articles of daily needs from local markets despite being aware of the menace brought by it.
Convenience beats consciousness! Consumers in Kolkata continue to use plastic bags to carry articles of daily needs from local markets despite being aware of the menace brought by it.
In an attempt to do away with single-use plastic bags, Kolkata Municipal Corporation and West Bengal Pollution Control Board have started a move to sell jute carry bags at the KMC markets in the city.
The landing of the helicopter carrying Karnataka's former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa was aborted on Monday as littered plastic bags came flying near the helipad in the outskirts of Jewargi town in Kalaburagi district.
Plastic Bags, VietnamVietnamese people consume about 3.9 million tons of plastic per year, while only 1.28 million tons of plastic are recycled, according to a report by the World Bank.
In what came as a shocker to the residents of Kolkata’s Haridevpur locality, bags allegedly containing remains of newborns were recovered from an abandoned compound at Raja Rammohan Roy Sarani on Sunday afternoon.
Following a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order banning plastic bags less than 50 micron in thickness in the national capital,…
