The domestic plastic processing industry has sought the benefit of production-linked incentive scheme and higher import duty on finished products in a bid to substitute Rs 37,500 crore worth of import ...

Did you know that every time you do your washing you could be contributing to the world's plastic problem ... about 700,000 fibres in a single domestic wash. Less than a millimetre in length ...

But this is no leisurely day at the beach; dropping into the cove, the women get to work, kitting up and pulling out heavy-duty bags to remove the mounds of plastic, polystyrene and discarded ...