These plastic items may get banned

These plastic items may get banned

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Published Aug 28, 2019
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India will outlaw the use of six single-use plastic products — bags, cups, plates, small bottles, straws and certain types of sachet, Reuters reports, citing unidentified government officials. The ban will cover manufacturing, usage and import of such items and is expected to shave up to 10% from India's annual plastic consumption of 14 million tonnes. An announcement is expected on October 2, but people will get a six-month window before penalties are enforced. E-commerce firms will also be asked to reduce plastic packaging, the news agency said.


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  1. Gaurav Paul commented on this

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    Manik Thapar

    Trash Talker: Chairman of Garbage: Eco Wise Waste Management

    Banning Single Use Plastic, Will it really make a difference? We need to start looking at the entire system, is plastic to blame or is it the way we design products along with the lack of infrastructure from collection, segregation and treatment. The plastic industry/sector in India employs lacs of individuals many of whom are dependant on it for their livelihood. It is also a sector that many MSME have invested in, from collection, aggregation and treatment. We need to attack the cause and not the symptoms. #waste #wastemanagement #recycling #sustainability #circulareconomy #environment #plastic #plasticpollution #india #swachhbharat #swachhbharatabhiyan #business #responsibility #rivers

    Gaurav Paul

    Waste Management |Sustainability |Learner | Circular Economy Enthusiast

    Companies will start redesigning plastic when we as a consumer will ask for. Companies have to understand that what their consumer wants. In India, as an individual consumer we still not think about the plastic waste problem. We have to force the corporates to think about sustainable packaging and practices. The government may be banning or putting a charge to use polybags in supermarkets but as an individual, we must also ask the corporates to act responsibly.

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    Ipsita R.

    Lead Legal & Privacy- CTSI (Mauritius) Limited - a Siemens Healthineers & Varian Company

    Come people, laud this. This is an extraordinary move! Tread on the path of slight discomfiture but save the planet from the suffocating plastic of a toxin. @ Government - Great great move- starting from the reatest organisation of India - the railways - this move must now TRAVEL Far and WIDE ..

    Big eco-friendly step! Indian Railways to ban single use plastic material on the network from October 2

    Big eco-friendly step! Indian Railways to ban single use plastic material on the network from October 2

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    Manik Thapar

    Trash Talker: Chairman of Garbage: Eco Wise Waste Management

    Banning Single Use Plastic, Will it really make a difference? We need to start looking at the entire system, is plastic to blame or is it the way we design products along with the lack of infrastructure from collection, segregation and treatment. The plastic industry/sector in India employs lacs of individuals many of whom are dependant on it for their livelihood. It is also a sector that many MSME have invested in, from collection, aggregation and treatment. We need to attack the cause and not the symptoms. #waste #wastemanagement #recycling #sustainability #circulareconomy #environment #plastic #plasticpollution #india #swachhbharat #swachhbharatabhiyan #business #responsibility #rivers

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