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wd-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Plastics are environmental hazards. 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So where do we go from here in terms of using plastics?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"read-more-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/confluencenew.bnhsjournal.in\/2017\/11\/23\/the-future-of-plastics-reusing-the-bad-and-encouraging-the-good\/\">Continue reading<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-752\" class=\"blog-design-masonry blog-post-loop blog-style-bg wd-add-shadow  col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-4 col-12 first  post-752 post type-post status-publish format-video hentry category-articles tag-academy tag-discussion tag-events tag-news tag-sciences post_format-post-format-video\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date wd-post-date wd-style-with-bg\" 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wd-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Excerpts from the event organized at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, to announce the birth of Dialogue and Confluence.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"read-more-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/confluencenew.bnhsjournal.in\/2017\/11\/21\/confluence-announced\/\">Continue reading<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t","status":"no-more-posts","nextPage":"?woo_ajax=1","currentPage":"https:\/\/confluencenew.bnhsjournal.in\/category\/articles\/page\/17"}