The Sikkim Pollution Control Board (SPCB) has advised the state government to prohibit the use of plastic bags with a thickness of less than 75 microns by the end of this year.
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It also recommended the government to phase out plastic bags with a thickness of less than 120 microns in the following phase of its efforts to make Sikkim a plastic-free state.
The suggestions were made during a meeting called by the SPCB with elected representatives and executives from the Sikkim state’s seven municipal entities. The meeting examined tactics for phasing out single-use plastic goods as well as establishing enforcement techniques for the efficient execution of the Plastic Waste Management Rules (PWM) of 2016 and later legislation.
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It advocated for the formation of a task group to monitor plastic use in the state and suggests that the state government should allow only those plastic bags which have labels, mentioning their specifications.
This is a Syndicate News Feed; edited by Clean-Future Team