The Hindu 11.07.2016
CMC warns shopkeepers against selling banned plastic items
A file photo of Mandya City Municipal Council officials conducting a
raid on a shop to check the use and sale of banned plastic items.
The Mandya City Municipal Council (CMC) has resorted to
initiating stringent action against those who sell or issue banned
plastic material to public in the town.
For the past several weeks, the civic body has been raiding shops in the town to seize such banned items.
Despite
the ban, several shopkeepers continue to sell and use banned plastic
material on a large scale across the town, a senior City Municipal
Council official told
The Hindu
here on Sunday.
The sale of non-biodegradable plastic
carry bags, posters, flex, flags and other publicity items, spoons,
cups, plates, tumblers, sheets and other items is an offence according
to the State government’s recent order, he added.
Penalty
The
City Municipal Council has decided to initiate legal action against
those who violate the ban orders under certain provisions of the
Manufacture Usage and Waste Management Rules, 2009 and Plastic Waste
Management and Handling Amendment Rules, 2011.
A
penalty of up to Rs. 5,000 will be imposed besides filing criminal
cases against shopkeepers for stocking, selling or issuing plastic
material, the official added.
For further details
regarding the ban, shopkeepers can contact 080-23108108 or 18004253795,
the City Municipal Council official added.
‘A penalty will be imposed on shopkeepers for stocking or selling banned plastic items’
