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  2. Plastic bans - Wikipedia

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    Plastic bans are laws that prohibit the use of polymers manufactured from petroleum or other fossil fuels, given the pollution and threat to biodiversity that they cause.A growing number of countries have instituted plastic bag bans, and a ban on single-use plastic (such as throw-away forks or plates), and are looking to spread bans to all plastic packaging, plastic clothing (such as polyester ...

  3. Plastic pollution - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, the state New York banned single use plastic bags and introduced a 5-cent fee for using single use paper bags. The ban will enter into force in 2020. The ban will enter into force in 2020. This will not only reduce plastic bag usage in New York state (23 billion every year until now), but also eliminate 12 million barrels of oil used ...

  4. National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination

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    The National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination is an entrance examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) twice a year for admissions into the National Defence Academy (NDA) and Indian Naval Academy (INA). [1] The NDA Exam serves as a gateway for candidates seeking a career in the Indian Army, Navy, and Air ...

  5. Single Use Plastic Deathbed - Wikipedia

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    Each of these pyres is made of 26 kg of single use plastic, equivalent to the average amount of plastic waste generated by one Indian citizen annually [citation needed]. Each pyre contains a different common type of plastic waste: disposable bottles, disposable food packages and plastic containers respectively. There is a mirror in front of the ...

  6. Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission

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    The Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC) is government body of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, authorized to conduct examinations for appointments to various Group C and Group D posts under the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

  7. Plastic bag ban - Wikipedia

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    Single-use plastic shopping bag ban. [368] [369] Newfoundland and Labrador: Province-wide 9 April 2019: 1 October 2020: Single-use plastic shopping bag ban. [370] [371] Northwest Territories: Territory-wide 1 February 2011: Single-use plastic shopping bag charge of 25c. [372] Nova Scotia: Province-wide 30 October 2019: 30 October 2020: Single ...

  8. Union Public Service Commission - Wikipedia

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    The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC; ISO: Saṁgha Loka Sevā Āyoga) is a constitutional body tasked with recruiting officers for All India Services and the Central Civil Services (Group A and B) through various standardized examinations. [1] In 2023, 1.3 million applicants competed for just 1,255 positions. [2]

  9. Single-use plastic - Wikipedia

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    Disposable product#Single-use plastics To a section : This is a redirect from a topic that does not have its own page to a section of a page on the subject. For redirects to embedded anchors on a page, use {{ R to anchor }} instead .