Single-use plastic Buy back scheme

• Central government is all set to ban the use of single-use plastic from July 1, 2022. 

• In line with centre’s decision, Himachal Pradesh launched the “Single-Use Plastic Buy Back Scheme”.

• Under the Single-Use Plastic Buy Back Scheme, Himachal Pradesh government would purchase the single-use plastic items from students of schools and colleges.

• This move will instil a sense of environment preservation among them, by ‘catching them young’.

• Under it, students will be encouraged to bring single-use plastic items from home and deposit it with schools.