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The government should first implement the solid waste management rules properly.—Rishi Agrawal, GoregaonPutting the onus on citizens is not the right way to reduce plastic waste from the city's dumping yards. When consumers stop buying plastic, only then will the manufacturing of plastic stop. This week, the state government approved a ban on plastic bags, regardless of their thickness, and plastic and thermocol cutlery. The decision comes after last year's monsoon flooding in Mumbai which was attributed to blockages caused by plastic waste and construction debris. Plastic bags that are not recyclable should be banned, like they had done for bags that are less than certain microns..