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Punjab to impose ban on polythene
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Punjab Government today decided to strictly implement ‘The Punjab Plastic Bags
(Manufacture, Usage and Disposal) Control Act’, prohibiting the manufacture,
disposal and usage of polythene bags from virgin plastic of thickness not less
than 30 micron and size not lessthan 8 X 12 inches and of a colour other
than specified colour.
Official sources in the Punjab Government told that
the Council of Ministers in a recent meeting had felt that after imposition of
ban on polythene in New Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh, there had been
a substantial improvement in the environment. The Council of Minister felt
that Punjab should also strictly implement the ban from 1st May 2011 in the
larger public interest. Sources said that indiscriminate use of polythene
was causing multiple problems in the society. The Local Bodies were complaining
repeatedly regarding the blockage of sewerage system that was getting chocked
with non biodegradable polythene.
The Animal Husbandry department had also been
issuing warnings that lot of stray cattle were dying after consuming waste
polythene less than 30 micron from the dumping pits. The Environment of
the State was also getting polluted with the large scale usage of polythene. The
fertility of soil of the agrarian state of Punjab was also getting affected
with the indiscriminate disposal of polythene in an unscientific manner that
was making the soil barren. Official sources told that all Deputy
Commissioners, Local Bodies have been asked to implement this act strictly with
effect from 1st May 2011. The Director Panchayat has been asked to issue
instructions to all Panchayats and Zila Parishads for its implementation.
According to the Act no person would manufacture or carry bags from virgin
plastic of thickness not less than 30 micron and size not less than 8 X 12
inches. Every manufacturer of polythene would print on each carry bag his
name, address , registration number, size, thickness and nature of plastic from
it is made and codification as per IS :14534 :1998. The Act specified that
no person would throw in any drain, ventilation shaft, pipe and fitting
connected with private or public drainage or at any public place or in any
place open to public view any non-biodegradable garbage or plastic or
biodegradable garbage in a non-biodegradable bag.
The violation of the act
by the manufacturer, carrier, user or unauthorised disposal of the polythene
would attract imprisonment up to three months.According to the Act non-biodegradable
plastics have been listed as Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), High Density
Polyethylene ( HDPE), Poly Vinyl Chlorine ( PVC ), Low Density Polyethylene
(LDPE), Polypropylene (PP), Polystyrene (PS), Polybutadiene Trephthalate (PBT),
Acrilonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) and Acrylic.
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