Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has instructed several dozen companies including Pepsi, Coca-Cola to suggest alternative packaging materials in three days. Single use plastic will be banned from 2 October 2019 in India.
Ram Vilas Paswan had called a meeting of officers and manufacturers of the concerned ministries to consider measures to ban plastic bottles of drinking water. He said that plastic plays the highest role in causing maximum damage to the environment. Apart from this, it is proving very dangerous for the health of humans and cattle.
Highlights of meeting
Single use Plastics
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