India, May 6 -- Around 573 kilograms of banned single-use plastic (SUP) were seized over the past two days from informal markets in Khandsa and Bhundahera, officials said on Tuesday.

The drive was conducted by the joint teams of the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) and Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) in a bid to reduce the use of SUPs mostly in the form of unauthorised cutlery items used at functions, officials aware of the matter said.

Akansha Tanwar, HSPCB's regional officer in Gurugram (north) region, said the latest crackdown was on a wholesaler who had stored around 373 kgs of SUP in Udyog Vihar Phase-I. "Other than imposing a penalty of Rs.25,000, the board will press for blacklisting the seller for hoarding b...