Whenever you go to the market for shopping or other places, you need some polythene or bags to keep the goods. But it is generally seen that from a big store to a ration shop and vegetable sellers use polythene. It is a single-use plastic, which causes a lot of harm to our environment. From July 1, a fine of Rs 500 to Rs 2,000 will be imposed on the common people for using banned products. At the same time, there will be a provision of punishment under section 15 of the Environment Protection Act 1986 for those who produce, import, store and sell it at the industrial level. Such persons can be fined from Rs 20,000 to Rs 1 lakh or can be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with both. Keeping this in mind, the Central Government of India has decided to ban single-use plastic across the country from July 1, 2022. In such a situation, those who used to bring goods in polythene are worried that now how will they bring their goods? T...
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