Disposable plastic banned in India

India banned disposable plastics in various products from straws to cigarette packages to fight pollution. Plastic wastes are an important source of pollution in India, the second largest country in the world. Approximately 14 million tons of plastic are used in the country. Fast economic growth also increased demand for disposable plastic products and packaging goods. In this regard, India’s towns, streets, sewages, rivers and oceans, which have not previously had a regulation, were filled with used plastic trash.

Plastic sachet is now exempt from ban]
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces other products, as well as pipette, cutlery, earbars, packaging films, plastic bars for balloons, confection and ice cream and cigarette packages.. Consumers were considered, now plastic bags were exempted from prohibition, but they were asked to increase the thickness of bags to promote reuse from producers. The government also decided to set control rooms to control illegal use, sales and distribution of disposable plastic products. The demands of the restriction of the companies in the food, beverage and consumption goods were rejected. According to the news of CNN; companies such as PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and Indian origin Parle Agro, Dabur and Amul have been engaged in the lobby activity to exclude pipettes from prohibition. Plastic producers also complain to the ban, saying they are not given enough time for them to be prepared for restriction. [