Plastic will push you in the Jail

Mumbai, June 23: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (Bmc) has made a crucial decision to completely ban on the use of plastic. People who use plastics, shopkeepers and malls will be charged huge fines.

In contrast to the rules, As far as penalties are concerned, they remain unchanged at Rs 5,000 for the first offense while Rs 10,000 and Rs 25,000 will be charged for second and third offenses thereof, and three months jail sentence.

"Our main focus in the initial days will be to stop the supply to the consumers. That includes malls, retailers, manufacturers and other parties from where plastic may land in public hands," said Kiran Dighavkar, BMC's nodal officer for Swaccha Bharat Abhiyan in Mumbai.

"We don't want to harass the citizens and consumers and hence want to ensure the plastic doesn't come to consumers," Dighavkar added.

Here's a list of plastic items that are illegal to use or exempt from the ban:

All kinds of plastic bags (with and without handle), garbage bags

All one-time use: disposable items made up of plastic and thermocol, such as cutlery, plates and bowls.

Plastic sheets: to wrap or store products and plastic pouches to store liquid

Non-woven: polypropylene bags (a cross between paper and cloth bag)

Disposable: plastic containers used for takeaway

PET bottles(containing soft drinks, mineral water etc) and with a carrying capacity of less than 500 ml