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Protest against Ludhiana Municipal Corporation for not enforcing ban on plastic bags

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Ludhiana, March 4 Members of the Action Group Against Plastic Pollution (AGAPP) in collaboration with Sahanu Jain from Eco Mela, a city-based NGO, held their 11th weekly protest here on Friday outside the Municipal Corporation’s Zone D Office, Sarabha Nagar. Activists of the AGAPP and Eco Mela raised slogans, demanding enforcement of the complete ban …

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List of all single-use plastic items to be banned from July 2022

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New Delhi, Aug 28: In line with the clarion call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the central government has banned the use of select single-use plastic items, including polystyrene and expanded polystyrene, commoditieswith effect from July 2022. The government has notified the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, which prohibits identified single use plastic …

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Single-use plastic items to be prohibited from July 1, 2022: Govt

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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 July 1, 2022. The Centre has notified the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, prohibiting manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of identified single-use plastic (SUP) items, including candy sticks, …

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