Roadmap needed to tackle plastic pollution in the city

December 24, 2019

For every 17 kilograms of fish they catch, fishermen in the city end up with a kilogram of plastic waste, found a study by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) – Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE), Versova. Also, since the plastic ban, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has seized 1,400 tons of plastic across the state and daily, Mumbai generates 408.27 tons of plastic waste.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/roadmap-needed-to-tackle-plastic-pollution-in-the-city/story-7MKrhNFheBQrxtP3GPiFPJ.html

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