CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Maharashtra has revised its single-use plastic ban after four years, allowing products made of compostable material as well as plastic packaging material with a thickness below 50 microns under certain conditions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mumbai: After 4 years, the Maharashtra government has lifted the ban on single use plastic (SUP) in the state.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -As per the updated policy, it is now allowed to produce straws, cups, plates, forks and spoons from “compostable” materials, as per a senior official. A four-year plastic ban has now been partially eased by the Maharashtra government. The directive took effect on an immediate basis.

Detailed explanation-5: -It has decided to allow all single use items made of compostable plastic, bags made of polypropylene, of not less than 60 grams per square meter (GSM), and plastic items of less than 50 microns used by industries for packaging and other such purposes, with certain riders.