TNPCB sets up control room to enforce ban on single-use plastics
2 years, 5 months ago

TNPCB sets up control room to enforce ban on single-use plastics

The Hindu  

In order to enforce the ban on single-use plastics, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has set up a control room. The items on the banned list include ear buds with plastic sticks, plastic sticks for balloons, plastic flags, candy sticks, ice-cream sticks, and polystyrene for decoration. Already, the Tamil Nadu government has banned the manufacture, storage, supply, transportation, and sale or distribution of single-use plastics such as plastic sheet, cling film used for food wrapping, plastic sheet used for spreading on dining table, plastic plates, plastic coated paper plates, plastic coated paper cups, plastic tea cups, plastic tumbler, thermocol cups, plastic carry bags of all sizes and thickness, plastic-coated carry bags, non-woven carry bags, water pouches/packets, plastic straws and plastic flags from January 1, 2019. Any violations noticed would attract action, the Board said and added that local bodies would take action against vendors, commercial establishments, malls and wedding halls for import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of banned plastic items.

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Kerala High Court Asks Pollution Control Board To Formulate Permanent Plan Of Action To Prevent Unregistered Manufacturers Of Plasticware
1 month ago

Kerala High Court Asks Pollution Control Board To Formulate Permanent Plan Of Action To Prevent Unregistered Manufacturers Of Plasticware

Live Law  

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Supreme Court upholds ban on use of reinforced paper cups in Tamil Nadu
1 year, 2 months ago

Supreme Court upholds ban on use of reinforced paper cups in Tamil Nadu

India TV News  

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NGT Directs Tamil Nadu PCB To Levy Compensation On Plastic Recycling Unit Operating Without Consent
1 year, 4 months ago

NGT Directs Tamil Nadu PCB To Levy Compensation On Plastic Recycling Unit Operating Without Consent

Live Law  

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38% of shops violate plastic ban, says a Corporation survey in 15 zones
2 years, 2 months ago

38% of shops violate plastic ban, says a Corporation survey in 15 zones

The Hindu  

Over 38% of the 12,883 shops which were inspected during a drive conducted in the last two weeks by the Greater Chennai Corporation were found to be using banned plastics. Most shops in zones such as Tiruvottiyur, Madhavaram and Tondiarpet were found using banned plastics. As many as 411 out of 471 shops that were inspected during the period in …

Andhra Pradesh: Implementation of single-use plastic ban ineffective in Kurnool, Anantapur
2 years, 3 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Implementation of single-use plastic ban ineffective in Kurnool, Anantapur

The Hindu  

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Single-use plastics to be banned in Srisailam
2 years, 4 months ago

Single-use plastics to be banned in Srisailam

Deccan Chronicle  

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Single-use plastic ban: Noida authority's 'anti-plastic drive' culminates in Sector-77 today
2 years, 5 months ago

Single-use plastic ban: Noida authority's 'anti-plastic drive' culminates in Sector-77 today

India TV News  

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Andhra Pradesh: GMC intensifies enforcement of ban on single-use plastic
2 years, 5 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: GMC intensifies enforcement of ban on single-use plastic

The Hindu  

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Haryana bans single-use plastic
2 years, 5 months ago

Haryana bans single-use plastic

Firstpost  

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Plastic: From saviour of forests to the bane and the ban
2 years, 5 months ago

Plastic: From saviour of forests to the bane and the ban

The Hindu  

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Single-use plastic to be banned in India from 1 July: What will be allowed and what won't?
2 years, 5 months ago

Single-use plastic to be banned in India from 1 July: What will be allowed and what won't?

Firstpost  

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change said in order to ensure an effective ban on single-use plastic products, national and state-level control rooms will be set up to check illegal manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of these items Addressing the threat caused to the environment by single-use plastic products, India is set to ban the manufacture, …

Amended plastic waste rules to be effective July 1
2 years, 5 months ago

Amended plastic waste rules to be effective July 1

The Hindu  

The Mangaluru City Corporation will enforce the amended Plastic Waste Management Rules 2021 that expanded the ban on single-use plastic to include plastic sticks used in earbuds, ice creams, plastic plates, cups, etc., on July 1. The State government banned single-use plastic items, including carry bags, banners, buntings, flex, plates and cups, in March 2016 itself. The Union Ministry of …

App, Control Rooms, Special Teams: India Set For Single-Use Plastic Ban From July 1
2 years, 5 months ago

App, Control Rooms, Special Teams: India Set For Single-Use Plastic Ban From July 1

News 18  

Clearing all decks, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has announced that India is set to ban manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of identified single-use plastic items, which have low utility and high littering potential, all across the country from July 1. India notified the Plastic Waste Management Rules Rules, 2021 in August last year banning …

Andhra Pradesh: Guntur Municipal Corporation to impose ban on plastic bags from July 1
2 years, 6 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Guntur Municipal Corporation to impose ban on plastic bags from July 1

The Hindu  

Single-use plastic will be banned in Guntur from July 1, Municipal Commissioner Keerthi Chekuri said. The Commissioner, along with Mayor Kavati Manohar Naidu, told reporters that the ban would be enforced from July 1 and asked residents to cooperate with the GMC in order to achieve the civic body’s goal of eliminating single-use plastic. The 2013 notification has several features …

Drive against single-use plastics intensified, Greater Chennai Corporation tells Madras HC
2 years, 9 months ago

Drive against single-use plastics intensified, Greater Chennai Corporation tells Madras HC

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai Corporation on Monday told the Madras High Court that it has intensified the drive against the banned single-use plastic products. Stating that the Corporation Commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi himself had been monitoring the strict implementation of the ban on single-use plastics, the AAG said the civic body had decided to further tighten the implementation. He said that …

Pathetic implementation of ban on single use plastics, says NGT
3 years, 1 month ago

Pathetic implementation of ban on single use plastics, says NGT

The Hindu  

The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal has issued directions to the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary and Environment department secretary to revive the steering committee and the regional monitoring committees to take all effective steps to implement the ban on single use plastics in the State in letter and spirit. “The government must also understand the need for protecting …

Several single-use plastic items to be banned from 1 July next year; Centre notifies amended rules
3 years, 4 months ago

Several single-use plastic items to be banned from 1 July next year; Centre notifies amended rules

Firstpost  

The thickness of plastic carry bags will be increased from 50 microns to 75 microns from 30 September, 2021, and to 120 microns from 31 December, 2022. New Delhi: The Centre has notified the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, prohibiting manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of identified single-use plastic items, including candy sticks, plates, cups and cutlery, …

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