With 19 single-use plastic items banned from 1 July, manufacturers and civil society have been trying to find alternatives. Innumerable companies and industry associations as well as NGOs organised programmes during which they sensitised their audience about the single-use plastic ban plus distributed cloth bags.
Following the ban on single-use plastic on 1 July, the Maharashtra government has decided to ban plastic-coated laminated goods. But have things changed on the ground? Janhavi Sisodia reports.