ENA Sectors 2018-07-06 09:34:39 <p><strong>Barabanki, July 6 (KNN)</strong> Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today said that his government has decided to ban the use of plastic in the state from July 15.</p> <p>He was addressing during Van Mahotsav 2018 celebration in Barabanki.</p> <p>He appealed people to stop using plastic cups, glass, polythene after July 15.</p> <p>We have decided to come out with a notification to ban the use of plastic in the state. I urge the people to stop using plastic cups, glass, polythene after July 15, Adityanath said.</p> <p>Uttar Pradesh will be the second state after Maharashtra to ban the use of plastic in the state.</p> <p>Maharashtra had banned the use of plastic from June 23.</p> <p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pushing a plan to completely end the use of single-use plastic in India by 2022.</p> <p>Plastic packaging accounts for nearly half of all plastic waste globally, and much of it is thrown away within just a few minutes of its first use, according to the United Nations.</p> 20272 http://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/sectors/uttar-pradesh-to-ban-plastic-from-july-15-yogi-adityanath 2018-07-06 09:34:39 knnindia.co.in