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As Govt Ban on Single Use Plastics Comes Into Effect, A Look at the Many Challenges in Its Way -Aathira Perinchery

-The Telegraph

The ban, which comes into effect from July 1, faces challenges at several levels, from enforcement to a lack of viable alternatives to plastic products.

Kochi: Plastic forks and spoons that come along with your food through your online food delivery platforms; earbuds with plastic stems; thermocol sheets that are used widely in decorations – these are some of the many single use plastics (SUPs) that have banned by the Union government. 

The ban, effective from today, July 1, hopes to enforce Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to phase out SUPs by 2022.

However the Union government will have a tough time when it comes to enforcing the ban, one of the reasons being that there is no specific state machinery in place for this, according to experts.

Shop owners also cited the lack of cheap and mass-produced alternatives to SUPs as a concern in implementing the ban. 

India and plastic 

In the year 2020-21 alone, India generated 41.26 lakh tonnes of plastic waste, as per a government press release based on data from State Pollution Control Boards and Pollution Control Committees.

According to another estimate from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, almost half of all plastic used in India in 2017 (around 160 lakh tonnes in total) was single-use plastic.

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