{
  "id": 8686151,
  "title": "Navi Mumbai Mangroves Overrun By Plastic & Household Waste, Nearly 1 Tonne Cleared",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/navi-mumbai-mangroves-overrun-by-plastic-household-waste-nearly-1",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T12:01:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/navi-mumbai-mangroves-overrun-by-plastic-household-waste-nearly-1-tonne-cleared"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Navi Mumbai officials cleared nearly one tonne of garbage from mangroves at Karave Jetty in Nerul through a weekly coastal cleanup event. The cleanup, part of the Environment Life Foundation's 318th consecutive Mangrove Cleanup Drive, took place on International Coastal Cleanup Day and World Cleanup Day. Around 125 volunteers, including college students, from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region participated in the effort. The majority of the collected waste consisted of single-use plastic and consumer packaging that had entered waterways via urban storm-water drains and sewage lines. Environmentalists warn that the accumulation of such waste in mangrove areas endangers coastal and marine habitats, emphasizing the need for prevention at the source. The foundation urges citizens to segregate waste and dispose of it in designated bins, while also calling for installation of trash traps and interceptors in urban drains to prevent waste from reaching coastal waters.",
  "summary": "Navi Mumbai: Nearly one tonne of garbage was removed from mangroves at Karave Jetty in Nerul during a weekly coastal cleanup drive, with volunteers finding large quantities of household waste, single-use plastic and FMCG packaging trapped among the mangroves. Around 125 volunteers from across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, including college students, participated in the Environment Life…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}