CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -India’s ban on select single-use plastic items comes into effect from July 1, 2022. Although this is the country’s first attempt to regulate plastics available in the market, it will send out the wrong message if we say “India is banning single-use plastic”.

Detailed explanation-2: -From July 1, 2022, India banned single-use plastic items that have low utility but are frequently littered around, such as plastic straws.

Detailed explanation-3: -Enforcement of the new ban will be strict Earbuds with plastic sticks are now banned in India. Following the notification last year in August, the proposed ban on a range of single use plastic items has come into force across India as of 1 July 2022.

Detailed explanation-4: -Businesses in India will need to comply with new plastic waste management rules that ban single use plastic from July 1, 2022. Noncompliance will trigger penal consequences.

Detailed explanation-5: -India will ban manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of identified single use plastic items, which have low utility and high littering potential, all across the country from July 1, 2022.