Plastic is used by all of humanity on a gigantic scale. The production and use of plastic have lowered the cost price of many products. The detrimental side to plastic has just dawned upon us. Due to the huge amount of plastic used on a daily basis, an enormous amount of plastic waste is produced every day. The toxic effects of plastic are so farfetched that no biodiversity is plastic-free today...

• In the financial year of 2021-2022, the total demand for major plastics across India was approximately 15 million metric tons.

• plastic contributes to 8% of the total solid waste

• Global plastics production was estimated at 400 million metric tons in 2021-22.