Survey shows overwhelming support in favour of single use plastic ban

As many as eighty-three per cent of the 176,000 people surveyed across Indian cities support the ban on single-use plastic, according to Public, a location-based social network application. However, 62.8 per cent of the respondents believe that the ban will cause some inconvenience to their day-to-day lives.

A ban on the use of single-use plastics was notified by the Union Environment Ministry in August 2021 and came into effect on July 1. In less than a week, the ban has done away with disposable plastics like straws, cutlery, earbuds, cigarette packs, and plastic sticks for balloons among many others.

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