Mangalore City Mayor to Take Action Against Factories & Shops Selling Banned Plastic Items

With banned single-use plastic items continuing to be sold and used in the city, some people who called up Mayor Manoj Kumar urged him to make Mangalore free from such plastic products. They questioned how shops are being allowed to sell the banned plastic items. Though the city corporation has legal powers to cancel the trade licences of such shops, they asked why the corporation is not taking action. They said that the corporation should stop the source of those items. Action should be taken against factories, within the jurisdiction of the corporation, manufacturing banned plastic items. The Mayor said that the corporation will raid such manufacturing units within a week.

The civic body has organised a programme on November 21 in its office to create awareness among all stakeholders to stop the use of banned plastic items. Manufacturers, shopkeepers, caterers, and others have been invited to the programme.

Those plastic items are ear buds with plastic sticks, plastic sticks for balloons, plastic flags, candy sticks, ice- cream sticks, polystyrene [thermocol] for decoration; plates, cups, glasses, cutlery such as forks, spoons, knives, straw, trays, wrapping or packing films around sweet boxes, invitation cards, and cigarette packets, plastic or PVC banners less than 100 micron, stirrers.