{"id":56960,"date":"2018-06-07T01:39:15","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T01:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.i-believe.org\/?p=56960"},"modified":"2018-06-07T01:39:15","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T01:39:15","slug":"india-will-eliminate-single-use-plastics-by-2022-narendra-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/2018\/06\/07\/india-will-eliminate-single-use-plastics-by-2022-narendra-modi\/","title":{"rendered":"India will eliminate single-use plastics by 2022 : Narendra Modi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of World Environment Day, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the country will aim to get rid of single-use plastics by 2022. The ambitious pledge is\u00a0expected to send a strong message to the global community about the country&#8217;s serious efforts to tackle plastic pollution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe choices that we make today will define our collective future,\u201d Mr Modi said on Tuesday. \u201cThe choices may not be easy. But through awareness, technology, and a genuine global partnership, I am sure we can make the right choices. Let us all join together to beat plastic pollution and make this planet a better place to live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>India, which has 7,500 km of coastline, also announced a national marine litter action campaign and a program to measure how much plastic enters India\u2019s coastal waters. The nation will also pledge to make 100 national monuments litter-free, including the Taj Mahal.<\/p>\n<p>Read full news here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2018\/jun\/05\/india-will-abolish-all-single-use-plastic-by-2022-vows-narendra-modi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2018\/jun\/05\/india-will-abolish-all-single-use-plastic-by-2022-vows-narendra-modi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of World Environment Day, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the country will aim to get rid of single-use plastics by 2022. The ambitious pledge is\u00a0expected to send a strong message to the global community about the country&#8217;s serious efforts to tackle plastic pollution. \u201cThe choices that we make today will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}