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Government should focus on stopping the production first.”Manohar Lal Mangwani of Harsh Plastics House said, “There are around 100 businesses associated with single-use plastic operating in the city. Government should make efforts to find some cost-effective substitute to it.”“The move targets only small shopkeepers and common people,” said another shopkeeper, who did not wish to be identified. Those who had taken the stock earlier are now returning it. Since then, shopkeepers have stopped placing orders. What has added to their worry is that the manufacturers have also refused to take back the stock that has already been sold.Ritesh Gupta, a retailer, said, “The news of ban on single-use plastic came in the first week of July..