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 items which have low utility and high littering potential by 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.”….ReadMore