India’s government has unveiled Draft Notification Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, mandating certain requirements for plastic carry-out bags and banning certain single-use plastics beginning in 2022.
Although it is not specifically mentioned in the proposal, beauty packaging will most certainly be affected by these changes. According to Allure, in 2018, in the U.S. alone, almost 7.9 billion units of rigid plastic were created just for beauty and personal care products. Much of this plastic ends up in landfills.