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European Parliament just approved a sweeping ban on single-use plastics
In great news for our oceans, the European Parliament just passed a sweeping ban on twelve different forms of single-use plastics that are most commonly used like cotton swabs, plastic plates and cutlery, straws, drink stirrers etc. The directive was passed by 571 votes to 53 and demands that 90% of plastic bottles will be collected for recycling by 2025 – a steep increase from its current rate of 20%....
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These 2 farmers are fighting pollution by turning crop stubble into biocoal
Every year, as the winters set in, the practice of stubble burning by farmers in the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana begins, causing massive air pollution in both the states and the neighboring national capital Delhi. Thankfully, two farmers from Punjab’s Samrala city, Sukhbir Dhaliwal, and Kamaljeet Singh, who have been farming for over 30 years, have come up with their start-up, a crop residue management...
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Sent to an orphanage, worked as bus cleaner, yet this man won Gold for India
Narayan Thakur was born in Bihar, but his family was forced to relocate to Delhi after his father suffered a heart ailment. He was just eight when his father passed away due to brain tumor. As his mother could barely afford to bring up three kids all on her own, Narayan was sent to an orphanage in the hope that he’d get food to eat and the chance to study. In 2010, Narayan left the orphanage to live with...
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