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 Polythene banned [1]

Delhi takes stringent steps

the Delhi High Court has asked the state government to ban the use of plastic bags in all shopping centres and to come up with a notification in this regard.
The government in 2005 issued a ban on the use of non-degradable polythene. But it was not effectively implemented. In 2007, following a petition by Tapas, a Delhi-based ngo, the court set up a committee to look into the health hazards caused by the use of polythene bags. Based on the committee

Publication Date: 
30/08/2008
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