According to a data revealed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), 4,148 kg of plastic is lying unused in civic body’s warehouses for the past few months. With this, it has come to light that the BMC’s idea of recycling seized plastic as benches, dustbins and school stationery is still in a limbo.
Therefore, the civic body has now revived discussion with a few NGOs willing to recycle this plastic material and has also decided to invite a tender.
After the civic body revived its drive against banned plastic on July 1, ward-wise teams of the license department visited markets, shops and establishments to seize banned plastic. It was then dumped in warehouses awaiting a policy decision on disposal/recycling.
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However, civic action slowed down after the government allowed use, storage, trade, distribution, and transportation of all single-use disposable items.
As per reports, the BMC has taken legal action against 22 violators and collected a fine of INR 45.25 lakhs till February this year. From July 1, 2022, to February 10, the civic body seized 4,120 kg of plastic in Mumbai, while collecting INR 44.2 lakh as penalties during the action.
The shopkeepers using banned plastic are fined between INR 5,000 and INR 25,000 per violation.
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