Steps towards banning single-use plastic starts in govt offices| Ghanti Bajao

Steps towards banning single-use plastic starts in govt offices| Ghanti Bajao

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to eliminate single-use plastic, the government is looking to find alternatives to plastic water bottles on a priority basis.Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan has issued directions to his departments to come up with alternatives to plastic water bottles.The Minister has also called a high-level meeting with the officials of various departments to deliberate upon the alternatives to plastic that could be looked upon to packaged water, and prepare a strategy to put an end to single-use plastic water bottles.