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The BMC has set up 24 centres which will continue to collect banned plastic waste. "People can still dispose of the banned plastic," she said. The BMC has so far seized around 3,036 kg banned plastic and also collected Rs 36.5 lakh in fines from 730 shops. Over 127 shop owners who refused to pay fine for possessing banned plastic will be prosecuted before the metropolitan magistrate, as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has filed cases against them for not complying with the law. After the plastic ban was implemented across the state from June 23, the Blue Squad of the BMC carried out extensive searches across shops..