Single-use plastics: Origin, scale and the real problem

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day speech, emphasized the importance of giving up on the usage of single-use plastics in India. Later, while launching the National Animal Disease Control Programme, he added there would be some major efforts in trying to stop the use of single-use plastic implemented with effect from October 2.   With India finally taking the issue of disposable plastics seriously, here is the first of our three explainers dedicated towards the prohibition of single-use plastics, consequences of misuse and ways to minimize their usage.

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