Predictably, plastic manufacturers are not amused. They assert that the drive contravenes State laws that ban only bags less than 50 micron thick.

Alka Kshirsagar

More than 400 college and school students participate in training programme

Nagercoil: The district administration has selected six wards of Nagercoil Municipality for the implementation of collecting and sending non-degradable plastic waste from Kanyakumari district to India Cements in Tirunelveli district as fuel, said the Collector, Rajendra Ratnoo.
India Cements

JOWAI: The Jaintia Hills Deputy Commissioner has declared Jowai town as a "free plastic zone" under the Total Sanitation Campaign.

The declaration was made on Thursday, on the occasion of the 38th Statehood day.

Mumbai The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to make its markets

S. Annamalai

Melur school students to collect waste plastic for safe disposal

Worthy service: Students of Sundareswara Vidhyasala collecting waste plastic from a business establishment in Melur.

ITANAGAR, Jan 16: Arunachal Pradesh Governor Gen (Retd) JJ Singh today reiterated his clarion call to the people of the two capital cities in particular and people of Arunachal Pradesh in general to make a

The Maharashtra government has proposed to enact a law jailing manufacturers and even stockists of thin plastic bags in a bid to prevent them from clogging up sewage networks.

MUMBAI: The state has, in its final changes proposed for the Maharashtra Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Ordinance, 2006, recommended a penalty on citizens found using plastic carry bags below 50 microns.

In a meeting on Thursday, it was decided that a fine ranging from Rs 5 to Rs 100 would be imposed on anyone found carrying plastic bags of thickness less than 50 microns.

Destruction of soil fertility can be prevented by separating the degradable garbage and plastic at the primary stage, said MLA C T Ravi.

The work of separating degradable and non-degradable waste has become difficult at the solid waste management plants since they are not being separated in houses themselves, he said during the inspection of Indavara waste management unit, recently.

CUTTACK: Carrying forward their efforts to transform Cuttack into a polythene-free city, the district administration and civic authorities today banned use of plastic items in kalyan mandaps and community halls during weddings and social functions.