NEW DELHI: The Delhi government will provide aid to startups providing alternatives to single-use plastic items, environment minister Gopal Rai said on Friday. The Centre has banned 19 single-use plastic items from July 1.
Rai, who inaugurated a training programme that was organised in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme for plastic waste management, said, “The Delhi government will provide assistance to startups offering alternatives to single-use plastic items, for which an action plan has been prepared. To curb single-use plastics and implement the Plastic Waste Management Act, the government has drawn up a framework for adopting several alternative models.”
