Bhopal: Don’t accept plastic carry bags from May 1: Collector

Bhopal: Don’t accept plastic carry bags from May 1: Collector

FPJ News ServiceUpdated: Thursday, May 30, 2019, 07:18 AM IST
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MORENA : Collector Vinod Sharma has said a blanket ban on plastic carry bags would come into force in the state from May 1. “Neither you should use such bags nor accept them from others from that date,” he said.
The collector was addressing a workshop on ‘Plastic Waste Management and Bio-Toilets’ at the collectorate auditorium here on Sunday. Mayor Ashok Argal, Sarthak Ali, project director, Plastic Waste Management Project, Bhopal, project officer Jai Singh Narwaria, commissioner, municipal corporation Dhirendra Singh Parihar, corporators, CMOs of municipal bodies and eminent citizens attended the workshop.
The collector said eatables were disposed of in polythene bags which were consumed by animals. A large number of cows had been killed due to consumption of polythene. Besides, polythene bags choked drains and water supply pipes, polluted underground water and adversely impacted fertility of soil. Shopkeepers sold juice, curd, tea etc in colour polythene bags, which was banned. Due to this, carcinogenic elements entered the food cycle, he said. MP government had promulgated an Act to ban non-standard polythene. However people were continuing to use it, he said.
The collector said only public awareness could help control this menace.

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