ONE NATION, ONE MISSION - END PLASTIC POLLUTION
NATIONAL PLASTIC POLLUTION REDUCTION CAMPAIGN
                                    ONLINE REGISTRATIONS OPEN FOR
                                      HACKATHON
                                                      on
                      ECO-ALTERNATIVES TO SINGLE USE PLASTICS
                                                Launched by
                          Shri Bhupender Yadav, Hon’ble Minister of
                          Environment, Forest and Climate Change
                                                      on
                                    World Environment Day, 2025
                      A platform to bring forth the
                      country-wide efforts in
                      developing eco-alternatives          Exciting Cash Prizes
                      to Single Use Plastic items
                                                            1st Prize: ₹1,00,000
                      To showcase developed
                      and scalable solutions
                                                            2nd Prize: ₹75,000
                                                             3rd Prize: ₹50,000
                      To select the best available
                      eco-alternatives to SUP.
                                                 Organized by:
Registrations Open:            Central Pollution Control Board,
   1st July, 2025     Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change
                            Hackathon 2025 will be
                            held in Online Mode, with
                            registrations starting from                  TIMELINE
                            1st July, 2025
                                                            Event                    Tentative Timeline
                            Problem statement will be
                            published on CPCB               Opening of registration July 01, 2025
                            Hackathon Webpage
                                                            Declaration of
                                                                                     July 14, 2025
                            Participants can submit         Problem Statement
                            their developed solutions
                                                            Submission of
                            via Email in the prescribed                              Sep. 15, 2025
                                                            Application
      ELIGIBLE              format to
                            pp.hackathon.cpcb@
    PARTICIPANTS                                            Announcement of
                                                                                     Sep. 30, 2025
                            gmail.com                       shortlisted solutions
   Start-ups registered                                                        hM
   under various            Shortlisted participants will   Presentation of
                                                                                     Oct. 01 – 15, 2025
                            present their solutions to      shortlisted solutions
   Government Schemes.
                            the evaluation committee.
   Science, Research &                                      Final evaluation &
                                                                                     Oct. 27, 2025
                                                            declaration of results
   Educational              REGISTRATION AND MORE
   Institutions                  INFORMATION:               Award Ceremony           Oct. 31, 2025
   Industrial Entities
                                                                FOR FURTHER QUERIES,
                                                                  KINDLY CONTACT:
Both Individual and Group                                        011 43102-460/459
entries are allowed                                            PP.HACKATHON.CPCB
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