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IFP Editorial: As there are no other viable alternatives, vendors and shopkeepers have started using single-use plastic bags, although they always keep a lookout for the police or other enforcers of the ban. Why is it so? The state did not have a sound and practical strategy for implementing the plastic ban.
The ban on single-use plastics had come into effect from July 1.
The All Manipur Students Union (AMSU) Tengnoupal District Committee gave awareness to the shopkeeper and vegetable vendor about the impacts of using single-use plastic which has less than 100 microns.
The ban on single-use plastics in Chandel include all imports of plastic carry bags from Myanmar, Chandel DC stated.
MSF general secretary H Roshan said that despite the ban imposed by the state government on single-use plastics it has been witnessed that some shops in the Imphal city area are still selling the single-use plastics.
The awareness campaign was carried out in line with the Manipur Plastic Policy, 2022 for effective management of plastic waste and complete elimination of single-use plastics in the state.
IFP EDITORIAL: The Manipur government must agree that it did not have a plan before implementing the plastic ban.
Single-use plastic ban comes into effect on Friday. Know which plastic items are banned in Manipur.
The Nagaland Pollution Control Board presented the draft Comprehensive Action Plan on elimination of single-use plastics and discussions were made point-wise on the Action Plan.
The demand is so high that the prices of plastic bags per kilogram have increased. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the prices of single use plastic bags per kilogram ranged from Rs 90 to Rs 100. Now, the prices have increased to Rs 140-150 per kilogram.
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