Summary:
Plastic Waste Management (PWM) Rules 2016 said that plastic material up to 51 microns are banned. Following the announcement by the PM, municipal corporations had started raiding plastic manufacturers, traders, shops using plastic bags. Meanwhile, a sizable number of eateries and shops stopped using plastic items like carrying bags, plastic spoons, and forks and replaced them with alternatives. Meanwhile, Shailesh Patel, President of the Gujarat Plastic Manufacturers Association (GSPMA) said that it is a wrong notion that plastic is causing pollution. We need to stop this culture, have adequate infrastructure for the collection of plastic waste..