People visit a stall at an event to create awareness about eco-friendly products in New Delhi, July 1, 2022. India banned some single-use or disposable plastic products as part of a federal plan to phase out the ubiquitous material in the nation of nearly 1.4 billion people. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A visitor looks at earbuds and a toothbrush made of bamboo at an event to create awareness about eco-friendly products in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A woman checks out bags made of cloth and jute at an event to create awareness about eco-friendly products. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Schoolgirls look at items which are an alternate to plastic at an event to create awareness about eco-friendly products. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A visitor makes enquiries about eco-friendly cutlery items. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A schoolgirl looks at items which are an alternate to plastic. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Shoppers drink juice in plastic glasses as they take a break at a weekly market in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Cotton candies wrapped in plastic cover are displayed to woo customers at a weekly market in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A roadside cotton candy vendor drinks water from a plastic pouch as he waits for customers at a weekly market in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A roadside vendor packs onions in plastic bags as women shop at a weekly market in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Workers of a helmet store paste degradable plastic substitute material on a glass in Hyderabad. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

A commercial truck transports rolls of plastic used in packing in New Delhi. Thousands of other plastic products, like bottles for water or soda or bags of chips, aren't covered by the ban. But the federal government has set targets for manufacturers to be responsible for recycling or disposing of them after their use. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

A girl holds a plastic glass as she prepares to drink shaved ice at Juhu beach in Mumbai. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A street hawker covers himself with plastic sheet in rain as he waits for customer to sell cigarettes and chewable tobacco at Juhu beach in Mumbai. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A man carrying his tiffin box in a single use plastic cover walks through a street in Hyderabad. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

A vendor puts tomatoes in a single use plastic cover at a wholesale vegetable market in Hyderabad. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)