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On the 28th local time, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change of India announced that India will ban the use of single-use plastic products from July 1, and will set up national and state-level units to inspect illegal manufacturing, import, storage, distribution, sales and Use prohibited single-use plastics.

According to reports, the products involved in the ban include balloon plastic sticks, plastic flags, candy bars, ice cream sticks, decorative polystyrene, plastic cups and plates, plastic cutlery and spoons and other tableware and straws.

India's Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change stated that the ban can only succeed if all stakeholders effectively participate, act in concert, and the public actively cooperates.

According to relevant reports in India, India produces about 3.5 million tons of plastic waste every year, and in the past five years, the per capita plastic waste production has almost doubled.