According to the municipal corporation, failure to comply with rules will attract fines and other action against violators under the Solid Waste Management bylaws.
BENGALURU: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) solid waste management department on Friday issued an order banning the use of single-use plastic items in places like schools, colleges, and temple trusts within the Palike limits, in accordance with the Plastic Waste Management Rules-2016.
The Palike also clarified that using single-use plastics should be controlled and eliminated progressively by designing appropriate management strategies. The Palike stressed alternatives like cloth or paper items.
According to the municipal corporation, failure to comply with rules will attract fines and other action against violators under the Solid Waste Management bylaws.
Officials have been given standing instructions to continuously work to create awareness among the public, especially students and children, and eliminate the practice of using single-use plastics. The school will regularly conduct competitions among students on the theme ‘Avoid/Give up single-use plastic’.
Though a similar order was issued in 2022, Prathiba, Joint Commissioner, Solid Waste Management, said we will strictly implement the ban on single-use plastic now.
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