As the Centre has decided to ban the use of single-use plastic the hill State of Himachal Pradesh is all set to kick-start a buy-back scheme in schools and colleges.
The new sites include three wetlands (Karikili Bird Sanctuary, Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest and Pichavaram Mangrove) in Tamil Nadu, one (Pala wetland) in Mizoram and one wetland (Sakhya Sagar) in Madhya Pradesh.