Speaking to us, CEA Director General P.B. “Once the list is approved by the Minister, it will be submitted to the Cabinet for approval of finalising the list. We will have to give a grace period to stakeholders involved; however, it will be hopefully implemented by January 2022,” Jayasinghe explained. Strict action will be taken on violators who are caught manufacturing and selling the banned items,” Jayasinghe added. The Ministry of Environment took the decision to impose a ban on single-use plastics and gazetted it on 31 March 2021, with the ban coming into effect from 1 April 2021, according to the CEA.

Source: The Nation August 14, 2021 18:56 UTC