Damage to Environment Due to Plastic Pouches
The problem posed by the use of plastic pouches is primarily due to deficiencies in the waste management system. The Central Government has notified the “Recycled Plastics Manufacture and Usage Rules, 1999 (as amended in 2003)” to regulate the manufacture, sale and use and recycling of plastic bags. These Rules, inter alia, prohibit manufacture, sale and use of plastic carry bags less than 20 micron in thickness and less than 8 x12 inches in size. Some States have prescribed more stringent norms for thickness of plastic bags or have banned the use of plastic bags in tourist/public places.
This information was given by the Shri Namo Narain Meena, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and currently looking after Ministry of Environment and Forests in a return reply to question by Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy in the Rajya Sabha today
The problem posed by the use of plastic pouches is primarily due to deficiencies in the waste management system. The Central Government has notified the “Recycled Plastics Manufacture and Usage Rules, 1999 (as amended in 2003)” to regulate the manufacture, sale and use and recycling of plastic bags. These Rules, inter alia, prohibit manufacture, sale and use of plastic carry bags less than 20 micron in thickness and less than 8 x12 inches in size. Some States have prescribed more stringent norms for thickness of plastic bags or have banned the use of plastic bags in tourist/public places.
This information was given by the Shri Namo Narain Meena, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and currently looking after Ministry of Environment and Forests in a return reply to question by Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy in the Rajya Sabha today
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