Union Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Forest Prakash Javedekar today said that 25 to 30 tonnes of single-use plastic wastes are generated in the country every day and only two-third of it is collected for recycling.<br />''<br />''The remaining around 10 thousand tonnes are littered around and stay for a long time.<br />''<br />''The Minister said this while replying to questions raised by various members in the Lok Sabha today during the Question Hour.<br />''<br />''Collection of these wastes poses a challenge and small pouches, straws, thin plastics, stirrers and cutleries used in the party are not collected and eventually goes to the sea and they are consumed by the fishes.<br />''<br />''Mr. Javadekar said that there is a need of change in the habits. He also suggested that it is high time that the people while go out for buying vegetables and groceries, they should inculcate the habit of taking a cloth bag along with them to avoid use of plastic bags.<br />''<br />''Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of Baharampur constituency in West Bengal said that there should be clear policy on the use of plastics.<br />''<br />''Plastics are being used as there is no other option and the use of the golden fibre Jute which is organic should be promoted, he stressed.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">TRS MP Nama Nageswar Rao of Khammam constituency in Andhra Pradesh cited the example of involving the people in the collection of plastic in exchange of Rice for plastic in Telangana and also suggested the MGNREGA fund be used in cleaning plastic waste in rural areas.</span><br />