Ban imposed on plastic bags

The Tribune , Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Correspondent : Staff Reporter
Chandigarh, January 8

The Haryana State Pollution Control Board has issued notice to all manufacturers of plastic carry bags to stop the manufacturing of plastic carry bags having thickness less than 30 microns and size less than 8" x 12" in the state from February 8, failing which action will be taken as per provisions of the Environment Protection Act, 1986.

While stating this here today, a spokesman of the board said the state government had also decided to impose a complete ban on the use of plastic carry bags in the areas having special historical, religious and ecological significance and on the use of all types of plastic articles such as carry bags, irrespective of thickness and size, plates, cups, tumblers, spoons, forks and straws.

These areas included municipal limits of Thanesar town and Kurukshetra town, all wildlife sanctuaries and national parks and gram panchayat, Morni.

He said while convenience of using these bags was recognised, their detrimental effect on the environment and local ecology had not been properly appreciated. The examples of their detrimental effects included clogging of water and drains, interference with system of water recharge due to impermeable surface of plastic and diseases due to plastic surface providing breeding ground for pathogenic microorganism. The other detrimental effects of use of these bags were destruction of aesthetic visual values, transfer of toxicity to food stuffs when carried in coloured bags, air pollution during the process of burning and recycling of plastic, threat to health of animals who might eat the plastic along with other material and transfer of toxicity to various soil layers.

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SOURCE : The Tribune, Wednesday, 09 January 2008
 


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