This year, the theme of the Day is “Beat plastic pollution” – a call for action for the world to work together to address one of the great environmental challenges of our time and raise global awareness of the need to reduce the heavy burden of plastic pollution on people's health and the threat it poses to the ...

'' ''I will refuse plastic straws and plastic bags as much as possible, reduce the use of plastic packaging by eating at the food place instead of taking it away, and commit to bringing my own utensils if I am going to pack food.

To Individuals: Penalty of Rs. 500/- will be levied for carrying of Banned Single Use Plastic Items and plastic carry bags less than 75 microns in thickness (120 microns in thickness after 31st Dec, 2022). Penalty of Rs.

In November 2024, governments will come together in Busan, Republic of Korea, for the fifth and last round of negotiations for a global treaty to end plastic pollution. This treaty is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a global solution to this worsening global crisis.