NEW DELHI, INDIA (April 12, 2011) The New Delhi government has completely banned the production, sale, storage and use of plastic bags in New Delhi. The ban will take effect on April 4.
This decision was made by the government cabinet headed by New Delhi’s Chief Minister. Although New Delhi had implemented the plastic bag ban in 2009, it was not enforced on a large scale. About 250 dealers have been fined for violating the old ban.
The new ban imposed a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment and a fine of US$2,250 for violators.
According to sources in the plastics industry, the introduction of the new ban will lead to the closure of hundreds of plastic bag factories in and around Delhi, which have a total annual sales of US$135 million. Of these, about 94 factories are located in industrial areas, and there are numerous small-scale producers that are engaged in production in non-compliant areas.
All India Plastics Manufacturers Association **YogeshP. Shah said: "The problem is not the plastic bag itself, but the lack of an appropriate disposal system."
Aditya Batra, project director of the Indian Science and Environment Center based in New Delhi, said that the new ban will be enforced.
According to Bharti Chaturvedi, head of environmental research organization Chintan Environmental Research and Action in New Delhi, the new ban will prompt the capital city to establish a more efficient recycling and recycling system and to increase the reuse of plastic waste.
At the same time, Chaturvedi, who served in India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests, the Indian decision-making agency, said: “We should not regard this ban as a ban on plastics, but as a reduction in the use of plastic materials in everyday life.â€
This decision was made by the government cabinet headed by New Delhi’s Chief Minister. Although New Delhi had implemented the plastic bag ban in 2009, it was not enforced on a large scale. About 250 dealers have been fined for violating the old ban.
The new ban imposed a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment and a fine of US$2,250 for violators.
According to sources in the plastics industry, the introduction of the new ban will lead to the closure of hundreds of plastic bag factories in and around Delhi, which have a total annual sales of US$135 million. Of these, about 94 factories are located in industrial areas, and there are numerous small-scale producers that are engaged in production in non-compliant areas.
All India Plastics Manufacturers Association **YogeshP. Shah said: "The problem is not the plastic bag itself, but the lack of an appropriate disposal system."
Aditya Batra, project director of the Indian Science and Environment Center based in New Delhi, said that the new ban will be enforced.
According to Bharti Chaturvedi, head of environmental research organization Chintan Environmental Research and Action in New Delhi, the new ban will prompt the capital city to establish a more efficient recycling and recycling system and to increase the reuse of plastic waste.
At the same time, Chaturvedi, who served in India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests, the Indian decision-making agency, said: “We should not regard this ban as a ban on plastics, but as a reduction in the use of plastic materials in everyday life.â€
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