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Modi Tells UN India Launching Campaign to Stamp Out Single-Use Plastic

Reuters

   UNITED NATIONS - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the annual
   gathering of world leaders at the United Nations on Friday that India
   was launching a campaign to stamp out the use of single-use plastics.

   "Even as I am addressing you today, a very large campaign is being
   started across the entire country to make India free of single-use
   plastic," Modi, who wants to scrap such plastics by 2022, told the
   193-member U.N. General Assembly.

   Officials told Reuters last month that India is set to impose a
   nationwide ban on plastic bags, cups and straws on Oct. 2.

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