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Great to see that my city, Mumbai, is setting an example here. Plastic ban is a no brainer. People must move to either biodegradable carry bags and packaging or
by piyushpr134 8y ago
Great to see that my city, Mumbai, is setting an example here. Plastic ban is a no brainer. People must move to either biodegradable carry bags and packaging or move to jute/steel/metal bags/utensils etc. Plastic would choke our world one day otherwise.
At the same time, I know it would be huge pain for a lot of people. In Mumbai, it rains really heavy. Like really really heavy. It rains more than 2x it rains in London and that too in just 4 months. So for a lot of people, plastic is literally the roof they need. Zoom in on Mumbai and you would see many shanties with blue "roof"s. That is all plastic. Hope municipality will allow such plastic sheets as they are not single use.
- Tepix 8y agoGetting rid of single-use plastic would be a great first step.
- nowarninglabel 8y agoAgreed, this is great, though I'm in Nairobi and they have banned plastic last year, setting a great example.
- sumedh 8y agoDoesnt Mumbai do that every couple of years and the the whole thing fizzles out and then some new bureaucrat tries it again. This is from 2009 http://business.rediff.com/report/2009/dec/30/bmc-plans-to-ban-plastic-bags-in-mumbai.htm http://business.rediff.com/report/2009/dec/30/bmc-plans-to-b...
- denzil_correa 8y agoIn Mumbai (and India), law enforcement is a huge challenge regardless of the laws.
- kamaal 8y agoWhat makes this issue worse is the existence of bullshit impractical laws, such as this.
- chauhankiran 8y agoYeah! That's true. Recently Ahmedabad city also bans Plastic like Mumbai. But, in last few years, I have heard this same news three times.
- anticodon 8y agoExactly. I read every year in the local Goa newspaper that government bans plastic in Goa. Yet every time I arrive nothing is changed.
- gulabjamyn 8y agoDelhi has been banning plastic for a long time but it keeps coming back.