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Plastic Ban: Will It Solve The Problem? [1]

On his Independence Day address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a movement to make India free of single-use plastic, beginning on Gandhi Jayanti, which falls on October 2. However, plastic is everywhere and shopkeepers and customers continue to depend on single-use plastic. Is the target of a full ban on single-use plastic too high, or it can be achieved? Across the country responsible citizens are working on their individual capacity not to use such plastic and spread awareness.

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Waste Disposal [2], Garbage [3], Solid Waste [4], Plastics [5], Waste Management [6], Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) [7]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/plastic-ban-will-it-solve-problem
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-disposal
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/garbage
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/solid-waste
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/plastics
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-management
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/centre-science-and-environment-cse