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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | UN meet dilutes Indian plan to phase out single-use plastic -Jacob Koshy

UN meet dilutes Indian plan to phase out single-use plastic -Jacob Koshy

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published Published on Mar 17, 2019   modified Modified on Mar 17, 2019
-The Hindu

Final document at Nairobi tones down language, lacks timeline.

An ambitious resolution piloted by India to phase out single-use plastics by 2025, was watered down at the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) that concluded on Friday in Nairobi.

At the World Environment Day summit on June 5, 2018 here, Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan, in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had pledged to eliminate single-use plastics from India by 2022. This was lauded by then UN Environment Chief, Erik Solheim.

This pushed several States — notably Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh — to enforce previous commitments to ban plastic bags and similar disposables.

Ahead of the UNEA, the UN secretariat had invited inputs from member states to forge a common declaration regarding addressing a host of environmental challenges. India’s inputs on the February 16 read:

“…We will decisively address the damage to our ecosystems caused by the unsustainable use and disposal of single-use plastic products, including by phasing-out most problematic single-use plastic products as early as 2025, and we encourage the private sector to find affordable and eco-friendly alternatives…”

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The Hindu, 16 March, 2019, https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/un-meet-dilutes-indian-plan-to-phase-out-single-use-plastic/article26556292.ece?homepage=true


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