From July 1, 2022, India has banned the manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of identified single use plastic items, which have low utility and high littering potential, all across the country. As part of this ban, the items that have been banned are - ice cream sticks; candy sticks; polythene bags; plastic plates; cups, glasses & cutlery such as forks, spoons, knives, straw & trays made with plastic, wrapping films on sweet boxes, stirrers, wrapping/packaging films like cling wraps. Not just this, but ‘carry bags’ with 120 micron will also be banned by the end of this year.