From July 1, all of India will be free of the production, import, stocking, distribution, sale, and use of specific single-use plastic goods that have a high potential for littering and poor usefulness.
This announcement was made on Tuesday by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Next this, the ministry created a list of things that will be prohibited as of the following month.
What is single-use plastic? These are plastic products that are used once and then thrown away. In terms of made and used plastic, single-use plastic accounts for one of the biggest proportions. This includes bottles, face masks, polythene bags, cling film, coffee cups, food packaging, rubbish bags, and other packaging materials.
The Ministry stated that starting on July 1, 2022, “The manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale, and use of following single-use plastic, including polystyrene and expanded polystyrene, commodities shall be prohibited with effect from the 1st July 2022.”
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Below is the list of items that have been banned from use for your reference:
1) Balloon sticks
2) Earbuds
3) Cutlery items including plates, cups, glasses, forks, spoons, knives, trays
4) Cigarette packs
5) Invitation cards
6) Sweet boxes
7) PVC banners (under 100 microns)
The bulk of plastic that is dumped, 130 million metric tonnes worldwide in 2019, is single-use plastic. According to research from 2021, single-use plastics make up a third of all plastic produced globally and are made with 98 percent of fossil fuels.
Additionally, the CPCB has mandated that local governments grant new business licenses with the restriction that SUP goods will not be marketed there.
More significantly, if it is discovered that they are selling the prohibited commodities, their current business licenses will be revoked.
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