Mumbai bans plastic bags and bottles

Mumbai is the largest city in India prohibiting the use of disposable plastic, residents of plastic bags, cups and bottles are fined up to 25,000 rupees (276 pounds) and imprisoned for three months on Monday .

A board inspector of the navy blue jacket was posted on the street to catch companies and residents who are still using plastic bags. Companies began punishing and some companies, including McDonald's and Starbucks, were fined

Fines will be from 5,000 rupees to 25,000 rupees for the first perpetrators and 3 months imprisonment for repeated use of disposable plastics.

Kamlash Mohan Chaudhary living in Mumbai said, "This is good for pollution, but it is a big problem for people." "People here put everything in a plastic bag"

Taxi driver Chowdhury said he began carrying cloth bags and his local mutton supplier began wrapping meat with newspaper instead of plastic film.

Local media reported complaints from some suppliers, some inspectors said that they confused the ban with commercial extortion money.

India recently hosted World Environment Day, and this year's focus is on the spread of plastic waste. About 3 billion tons of plastic has been disposed of in the environment since 1950, but most of it is not damaged for at least 450 years.

Half of the world's plastics are manufactured over the past 13 years, about half of which are considered disposable products such as bags, cups, straws.

The proportion of plastics used in India is less than half of the world average. About 11 kilograms per person per year, 109 kilograms in the United States.

According to a survey in 2015, India is one of the countries with the highest proportion of the most bad plastic waste management in the world. Scattering plastic packaging, cups and bags are common in streets and beach streets in India, part of landfill in mountainous areas in the suburbs of metropolitan areas such as Delhi.

According to Chaudhary, dissatisfaction with the prohibition of Mumbai worsened with heavy rain on Monday, soaking many jute and cloth bags many people use as plastic substitutes.

The news spread to WhatsApp, some of which were fined and urged by many people to comply. "We are all very scared," he said.

Mumbai was looking for sources of information when I cleaned up garbage at Mumbai beach: Mumbai banned the use of plastic bags, polystyrene foams, take-out containers, and dishes in Maharashtra, the capital of India. The goal is to do so in all countries of India by 2022. Municipalities in India and other states and around the world prohibit the use of disposable plastic bags, but the ban on Maharashtra State is one of the most influential bans. The state government issued detailed guidelines on legitimate and otherwise. Plastic medicine bottles and waterproof sheets are available; there are no more plastic colored wreaths that often decorate Hindu temples.

In June, in Maharashtra State, western India, one of the world's most severe plastic ban measures came into force. Mumbai - the population is the capital of 18.4 million people. The use of plastic bags was banned before, and its effect was not that large. But this time, due to the strong support of famous young local politicians these limits are more prevalent. They include the prohibition of the manufacture, sale and use of disposable plastic products such as bags, plates, cutlery, straws and vials, as well as new regulations regulating retail packaging and polystyrene foam. Fines for the manufacture and sale of these items, including penalties of up to $ 350 and up to three months imprisonment, are now increasing more than ever.

The Mumbai ban is part of the global trend restricting the use of plastics, especially plastic bags and other disposable items. However, the dramatic intervention in the city seems to be a lesson on how to implement a plastic ban. Restrictions were announced three months before it went into effect and were hardly advertised by the deadline of June 23 and no upgrades were made. Not doing the previous ban also made people cynical. Large enterprises have not even appeared in the initial meeting of the government committee dealing with this issue.

On Thursday afternoon, an event held at the main staircase of the State Capitol, voice of representatives of the town prohibiting plastic bags, bottles and polystyrene containers rose. Municipalities banning baggage include Barnstable, Brookline, Cambridge, Concord, Falmouth, Great Barrington, Harwich, Manchester By the Sea, Marblehead, Nantucket, Newburyport, Newton, Northampton, Provincetown, Truro, Well Fleet, Williamstown. Please use polystyrene and 1 water. The towns where polystyrene is not a plastic bag are Amherst, Pittsfield, Somerville, South Hadley.