Individuals who collect and hand over 1kg of plastic waste, will be given 10kg of parboiled rice as a gift. Meanwhile, those who collect 500g of plastic waste will be given 5kg of parboiled rice.

If a pupil brings in 1kg of plastic, she hands over a 2kg bag of rice, 500g plastic waste will be exchanged for a plant sapling or a notebook and a single plastic bottle will earn a pencil or eraser.

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“For 1 kg of FRK, 100 kg custom milled rice will be added,” he said. “A misconception is being aired claiming the fortified rice to be plastic rice. In Andhra Pradesh alone, fortified rice ...

Mangaluru: In a bid to encourage people to reduce the use of plastic, Harekala Grama Panchayat, joined by the Dakshina Kannada District Working Journalists Union, Jana Shikshana Trust, Dakshina ...

Each household deposited 6-30 kg of plastic wastes and received their daily essentials as per the required units of exchange – 1 kg plastic for 1 kg rice, 2 kg plastic for 1 kg lentils, and as such.

KOTA KINABALU: The Agriculture and Food Security Ministry has urged people to stop sharing a video alleging that "plastic rice" was sold at a supermarket in Sandakan. In giving his assurance that ...

A SERIES of messages have gone viral on social media warning internet users to be wary of "plastic rice" being sold on retail shelves. The sender also claimed that his family suffered from food ...

NAMIE, Japan, March 9 (Reuters) - Jinichi Abe grins as he watches diggers working earth near his rice fields, knowing they are returning still more fields to productivity after Fukushima nuclear ...

The Ministry of Environment intends to push for the expansion of a plastic-for-rice exchange project for floating villages, especially those living on the waters of the Tonle Sap Lake. Ministry ...

The Tamil Nadu government on Friday started distributing the much-anticipated Pongal gift package containing 1kg brown rice, 1kg sugar, and one sugarcane to 2.20 crore family ration card holders ...