The state government has completely prohibited manufacturing, distribution and use of plastic bags by enforcing the Carry Bags (Manufacture Usage and Disposal) Control Act-2005, on April 1, 2016. However, from vegetable vendors to high-end stores, everyone shopkeeper offers plastic carry bags to their customers. Kahan Singh Pannu, director, Environment and Climate Change, stated that a carry bag means plastic bag weather it was self-carrying handle or “D” punched handle. “Plastic carry bag can be plain plastic bag or woven plastic carry bags. “There is no alternative to plastic bags.
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