CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Multinational online retail giant Amazon recently announced that their India operation will phase out all single-use disposable plastic packaging by June 2020.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tata group hospitality firm Indian Hotels Co Ltd (IHCL) on Tuesday said it will completely eliminate single-use plastic across all its hotels by 2030, besides committing to skill 1 lakh youths in the next five years as part of its sustainability and social impact measures under a newly launched initiative, Paathya.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bengaluru – July 07, 2021: Flipkart, India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace, has eliminated all single-use plastic packaging used across its fulfillment centres in India, delivering on its public commitment to move to plastic-free packaging in its own supply chain by 2021.

Detailed explanation-4: -India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has announced that from the 1st of July 2022, the country will ban select single-use plastics, including cutlery, straws, carrier bags, and trays, that it claims have “low utility and high littering potential”.