MAHARASHTRA
- Plastic use from June 23 will attract fine of Rs 5,000
- People, including retailers, will be penalized for carrying banned plastic material from June 23 — Rs 5,000 on the first occasion and Rs 10,000 the second time. Third-time offenders will be prosecuted.
- Establishments like retail shops, clubs, cinemas, theatres, marriage halls, restaurants and malls among others would be under the scanner. Though the retailers and other people were expected to hand over the banned plastic items to the civic body for scientific disposal or recycling.
- On March 23, the Maharashtra government banned the manufacture, sale and use of plastic bags, disposable plastic spoons, forks, cups, glasses, containers, PET bottles of less than 500ml and thermocol for decoration through a notification. The ban was brought under the Maharashtra Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act, enacted in 2006.
- The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued a notification to the manufacturers saying that the recycling and buyback prices should be prominently printed on PET/PETE bottles and plastic bags permissible under the ban.
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