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Dimapur, Aug. 9 (EMN): The results of The Himalayan Cleanup (THC) 2022 were revealed at an online meeting conducted on the occasion of Zero Waste Himalaya Day on August 8. According to a THC 2022 press release, RP Gurung from Zero Waste Himalaya and IMI member from Sikkim mentioned that The Himalayan Cleanup is an annual event which was undertaken this year across the Indian Himalayan Region between May 26 to the 30th by Integrated Mountain Initiative and Zero Waste Himalaya. During the online meeting, the brand audit revealed that the top 10 companies whose plastics were found polluting and littering the mountainscapes were PepsiCo India, CG Foods India Pvt. Ltd., Perfetti Van Melle, Perfetti Van Melle, ITC, Parle Agro Pvt. Ltd, Hindustan Coca Cola, Nestle, Hindustan Unilever Ltd., Mondelez India Food Pvt. Ltd., and Dabur India Ltd., it stated. It informed that THC is conducted to highlight the waste crisis in the Indian Himalayan Region and advocates for mountain sensitive policies, ....
EM Bureau Dimapur/Mokokchung, May 29 (EMN): Mopungchuket village under Mokokchung district participated in the Himalayan Cleanup on May 28 where volunteers numbering about 100 participated in waste segregation and auditing. The volunteers cleaned the streets of the village, Süngkotenem Park and Mangkolong picnic spot. A total of 214 kg of waste were collected, out of which 125 kg were plastics including PET bottles, multi layered plastics, straws and other household plastic wastes. The non-plastic items, which comprised the remaining 89 kg, were mostly paper and metal wastes. A total of 214 kg of wastes were collected, and 115kg of recyclable wastes were recovered. The cleanup and waste audit was conducted under the initiative of The Greensight Project. It may be mentioned that the village has been participating in The Himalayan Cleanup since its first edition in 2018. About 187 participants, both young and old ranging from 7 to 55 years, joined the ‘The Himalayan Cleanup’ (THC) e ....