The Government has notified the plastic waste management amendment rules 2021 prohibiting identified single-use plastic items by 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The manufacturing, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of several single-use plastics will be prohibited with effect from the 1st of July of next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The thickness of plastic carry bags will be increased from fifty microns to seventy-five microns with effect from the 30th of September of next month and to 120 microns with effect from the 31st of December this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India is committed to taking action for the mitigation of pollution caused by littered single-use plastics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The waste management infrastructure in the States and Union Territories is being strengthened through the Swachh Bharat Mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Government has taken measures for awareness generation towards the elimination of single-use plastics and effective implementation of Plastic Waste Management Rules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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