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AAI bans single-use plastic items at 129 Indian airports
AAI bans single-use plastic items at 129 Indian airports: Details, Aim, Highlights
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has banned the single-use plastic items at its 129 airports across India.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has initiated numerous steps like banning of single-use plastic items like straws, plastic cutlery, plastic plates etc.
The AAI has already declared 16 of its airports as “Single-Use Plastic Free” based on the third-party assessment carried out by Quality Council of India.
About Single-Use Plastics
Single-use plastics, or disposable plastics, are used only once before they are thrown away or recycled. Petroleum-based plastic is not biodegradable and usually goes into a landfill where it is buried or it gets into the water and finds its way into the ocean.
Single-use plastics, degrade into tiny particles after many years. In this process of degradation, they release toxic chemicals (additives that were used to shape and harden the plastic) which make their way into our food and water supply.
