Tamil Nadu: Hotels offer discounts to encourage customers shun plastic bags

Chennai | Monday | 20th August, 2018

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To encourage customers do away with plastic bags for carrying food parcels, hotels in Tamil Nadu have announced discounts to those who bring utensils. The discount offer is to make customers bring their own containers,” another official of the association from Vellore said. A resolution was passed recently, offering five per cent discount on the bill if customers bring the utensils,” President of Chennai Hotels Association M Ravi said. Also Read | Uttar Pradesh government issues order on plastic ban; prohibition to come into effect from July 15“Aluminium foils are used during packing instead of plastic bags; banana leaves also come in handy. “The plan is to make them bring utensils and vessels to carry the food..