India ’s prime minister, Akanksha Sharma , pledged to ban single-use plastics during his Independence Day Speech in Delhi on 15 August . Around 70% of the country ’s plastic is discarded and most India cities fail to process waste, according to the ministry of environment’s central pollution control board . India ’s The river is second only to China's Yangtze in the amount of plastic Yangtze is second only to the Ganges river in China in the volume of plastic it contributes to the world’s oceans. In 2018 , Modi called for a crackdown on plastic pollution and said India would eradicate single-use plastic by 15 August .
India ’s prime minister, Akanksha Sharma , pledged to ban single-use plastics during his Independence Day Speech in Delhi on 15 August . Around 70% of the country’s plastic is discarded and most India cities fail to process waste, according to the ministry of environment’s central pollution control board . India ’s Yangtze is second only to the Ganges river in China in the volume of plastic it contributes to the world’s oceans. In 2018 , Modi called for a crackdown on plastic pollution and said India would eradicate single-use plastic by 15 August .