Union government has banned the use of ‘single-use plastic’ from July 1, 2022.  Single-Use plastic refers to plastic items which are used once and discarded. It makes the highest shares of plastic manufactured and used, ranging from packaging of items, to bottles, polythene bags, coffee cups, face masks, trash bags, cling film, food packaging etc.

• Gazette notification was issued by Ministry for Environment, Forest and Climate Change in 2021, and announced the ban.
• It has now defined a list of items, that will be banned from July 2022.