Plastic ban kicks off in Mumbai, but penalties put off till June 25

Mumbai | Sunday | 24th June, 2018

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Also Read What is the plastic ban in Maharashtra all about? A lot of vegetable vendors and hawkers were let off with warnings as it was only the first day of the ban,” Thane Municipal Corporation spokesperson Sandeep Malvi said. “Customers often ask for parcels, I used to pack the juice in a small plastic bag but now I can find no alternative,” she said. “My sales have gone up by 3,000% thanks to this plastic ban since the March notification,” said Kapil Bhansal, owner of a jute and cloth bags shop in Dadar said. Officials also said there is ambiguity on whether one can penalise passengers coming from other States where there is no such ban on plastic..