Amsterdam/New York, June 22, 2018 – On World Environment Day, prime minister Modi of India promised to ban all single-use plastic by 2022. The promise is the most ambitious measure to fight the plastic soup taken by a single country thus far. India has 1.3 billion citizens, and is a growing economy. That means a daily torrent of plastic, of which most is packaging plastic that’s only used once. A lot of it ends up in the oceans. The situation has literally become untenable. Prime Minister Modi called for the entire world to work together in the fight against plastic pollution...

Improper disposal of plastics is a problem worldwide and single-use plastics are an issue because they don't decompose in the same way paper does. Make a commitment to be wiser in your use and disposal of plastics today!