How bad is India’s single-use plastic crisis?

Category : Waste Management | Location : National  | Posted on 2024-03-04 09:14:19

On June 5, 2018, to mark the World Environment Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India would phase out single-use plastics by 2022. Three years later, on August 12, 2021, a ban on identified single-use plastic items was notified by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC) vide the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021. It came into force on July 1, 2022.

Source: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/waste/how-bad-is-india-s-single-use-plastic-crisis--94667