Ban of Use of ‘Single-use plastic’

• Union government has banned the use of ‘single-use plastic’ from July 1, 2022.

• Gazette notification was issued by Ministry for Environment, Forest and Climate Change in 2021, and announced the ban.

• It has now defined a list of items, that will be banned from July 2022.

• About single-use plastic

• Single-Use plastic refers to plastic items which are used once and discarded. 

• It makes the highest shares of plastic manufactured and used, ranging from packaging of items, to bottles, polythene bags, coffee cups, face masks, trash bags, cling film, food packaging etc.