The Hindu 09.08.2010
Karwar CMC bans use of plastic
Correspondent
The ban will come into effect from August 15
‘Every year more than 1 lakh cattle die after consuming plastic'
Karwar: The Karwar City Municipal Council (CMC) has banned the use of plastic bags in city limits. In a notification, the CMC has banned the storage and distribution of plastic bags in shops, commercial buildings, hotels, choultries and cinemas.
President of the CMC Ganapati Ulvekar and Commissioner A.D. Revanakar, in the notification, said that plastic bags were harming the environment.
Every year more than 1 lakh cattle die after consuming plastic.
1,000 years
It takes more than 1,000 years for a plastic bag to degrade in the soil. Apart from this, valuable petroleum products were being used to manufacture plastic, the notification said.
Order
Citing the order issued by the Ministry of Forests and Environment, Government of India, the CMC banned the material manufactured by using virgin or recycled plastic which is less than 20X30 cm in length and less than 20 microns in thickness.
The ban will come into effect from August 15.
Anybody who sells or possesses these materials in city limits will be liable for punishment.
Such persons will be prosecuted under Sections 5 and 15 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.
