Plastic bags

New Delhi: The Maharashtra government has notified the ban on categories of plastic and thermocol including less than 200 ml drinking wat...Read More

New York: New York State lawmakers are close to enacting a sweeping ban on single-use plastic bags from retail sales in an effort to curb...Read More

Mumbai: Almost seven months after the ban on plastic bags, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is now walking the talk. It has d...Read More

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will auction banned plastic bags it seized and stored in its godowns. As per the BMC...Read More

Mumbai: From now on, the Maharashtra government will start levying fines on consumers for carrying plastic bags or other banned plastic m...Read More

Kolkata: No human foetus or bodies of newborns were found in plastic bags recovered from vacant land at Haridebpur in southern part of th...Read More

Bhayandar: The sanitation department of the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has so far seized nearly 1,166 kilograms of plast...Read More

Mumbai: City hospitals are keeping strict vigil on relatives of patients bringing in plastic bags as they enter hospital premises. Both p...Read More

Mumbai: Citizens could be fined up to Rs 10,000 if they are seen with plastic bags from June 23, which is the deadline. The civic body is...Read More

Bhopal: Even if there are many appalling yarns about the ill-effects of the use of polythene bags, Bhopalis have never given them up. The...Read More

Mumbai : As Maharashtra braces for the ban on plastic bags, a group of environment-conscious citizens have been encouraging Mumbaikars to...Read More

In a news that would cheer the environment enthusiasts and also save the nature, Maharashtra government has started preparations to ban a...Read More

Pune: The police have found 19 aborted female foetuses dumped near a stream at Mhaisal village in Sangli district on Sunday.  The foetuse...Read More