Plastic Pollution in India

On 9 July the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) warned 52 companies of serious action, including Amazon, Flipkart, and Patanjali Ayurved Limited, for not specifying a timeline or a plan to collect the plastic waste that results from their business activities.

The theme of the World Environment Day 2018 was ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’. India was the host of the event as it is a major victim of plastic pollution. The event remarks the urgency that India needs to attach to the problem of plastic pollution and towards galvanising greater action against single-use plastic pollution.

Plastic Consumption in India

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