CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -These companies employ about one million people. The Maharashtra government has become the first state in the country to ban single-use plastic.

Detailed explanation-2: -On August 12 last year, the Ministry had issued a notification prohibiting the manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of identified SUP commodities, including polystyrene and expanded polystyrene from July 1, 2022.

Detailed explanation-3: -Further, Karnataka was the first State in the nation to ban single-use plastic in 2016 with the Plastic Waste Management Rules, ” said Shanth A.