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Title:
PLASTIC PRODUCTION AND WASTE GENERATION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Authors:
Pranay Aggarwal

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Pranay Aggarwal
Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, New Delhi

MLA 8
Aggarwal, Pranay. "PLASTIC PRODUCTION AND WASTE GENERATION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 6, no. 6, June 2021, pp. 1795-1806, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i06.013. Accessed June 2021.
APA 6
Aggarwal, P. (2021, June). PLASTIC PRODUCTION AND WASTE GENERATION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 6(6), 1795-1806. Retrieved from doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i06.013
Chicago
Aggarwal, Pranay. "PLASTIC PRODUCTION AND WASTE GENERATION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 6, no. 6 (June 2021), 1795-1806. Accessed June, 2021. doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i06.013.

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Abstract:
The objective of this research is to underline the effect of covid 19 pandemic on plastic production and plastic waste generation. A secondary research methodology has been used to provide insight to the situation of single use plastic production. The paper will prove plastic production and consumption rose multifolds during the covid19 pandemic (in the year 2020) and to analyse its effect on climate.It will be comparing waste production before pandemic levels(before 2019) with post 2020 levels. This paper is meant to provide an insight to the largely ignored effect of the covid19 pandemic. It will also suggest some changes and practices that can be opted by the government and the citizens and have also pointed to various ill effects of plastic pollution.

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