NEW DELHI -- Dhiraj Kumar, a vegetable merchant in New Delhi, hands a plastic bag filled with produce over to a customer. It is a daily ritual he has been performing for three decades. The government, however, is pushing to do away with single-use plastics, as the country tries to clean up its reputation as a major plastic polluter.
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India faces uphill battle to reduce mountain of plastic waste
Restrictions aim to tackle problem, but critics say change will be costly
The Indian government is pushing to cut down on the plastic waste the country produces. © Reuters
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