Polythene Ban

All plastic items less than 50 micromax thickness has been banned in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur, Sambalpur, Rourkela and Puri in Odisha.

The Bihar government on Monday informed the Patna High Court that it will ban all kinds of polythene and plastic bags from October 25 in urban areas of the state and in rural areas from November 25.

Uttar Pradesh government has banned the use of polythene bags and items of common use made of plastic from July 15, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said today.

Polythene will be banned at all national monuments from today, the second anniversary of the Swachh Bharat Mission which coincides with Gandhi Jayanti.

On the orders of Uttar Pradesh government following an Allahabad High Court directive, the the district administration in Ghaziabad has banned use of polythene bags from January 22.

Seeking to make Uttar Pradesh an environment-friendly place, the government today decided to enforce the ban on the use of polythene across the state, a month after the Allahabad High Court's direction to prohibit its usage.

The National Green Tribunal today came down heavily on the Uttarakhand government over non- compliance of its orders in the pilgrimage town of Haridwar including on the ban on use of polythene bags.

The use of polythene bags is going on unabated in the pilgrimage town of Haridwar with traders and residents rampantly using them despite the ban order, the National Green Tribunal was told on Tuesday.

The Agra Municipal Corporation will, for yet another time, launch a campaign to ban the use of polythene bags in the city, specially at World Heritage sites, from the New Year.

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Thursday vacated the stay on the state government's notification banning 25 junk food items in plastic packaging.

The state government declared the Sanjay Gandhi Zoological Park as polythene and plastic free zone on the occasion of Environment Day.Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said that there would be a strict ban on the use of polythene and plastic materials by visitors inside the park.

Over 9,000 kg of banned polythene bags were seized on Sunday by police and State Excise and Taxation department officials after they intercepted a truck carrying the consignment in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district.

Puducherry has joined the select club of few states that have banned thin plastic bags that can't be recycled.

In an initiative to make the Ganges pollution free, the city's municipal corporation has banned littering of pan masala pouches and polythene bags on the banks of the river.

All plastic items less than 50 micromax thickness has been banned in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur, Sambalpur, Rourkela and Puri in Odisha.

The Bihar government on Monday informed the Patna High Court that it will ban all kinds of polythene and plastic bags from October 25 in urban areas of the state and in rural areas from November 25.

Uttar Pradesh government has banned the use of polythene bags and items of common use made of plastic from July 15, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said today.

Polythene will be banned at all national monuments from today, the second anniversary of the Swachh Bharat Mission which coincides with Gandhi Jayanti.

On the orders of Uttar Pradesh government following an Allahabad High Court directive, the the district administration in Ghaziabad has banned use of polythene bags from January 22.

Seeking to make Uttar Pradesh an environment-friendly place, the government today decided to enforce the ban on the use of polythene across the state, a month after the Allahabad High Court's direction to prohibit its usage.

The National Green Tribunal today came down heavily on the Uttarakhand government over non- compliance of its orders in the pilgrimage town of Haridwar including on the ban on use of polythene bags.

The use of polythene bags is going on unabated in the pilgrimage town of Haridwar with traders and residents rampantly using them despite the ban order, the National Green Tribunal was told on Tuesday.

The Agra Municipal Corporation will, for yet another time, launch a campaign to ban the use of polythene bags in the city, specially at World Heritage sites, from the New Year.

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Thursday vacated the stay on the state government's notification banning 25 junk food items in plastic packaging.

The state government declared the Sanjay Gandhi Zoological Park as polythene and plastic free zone on the occasion of Environment Day.Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said that there would be a strict ban on the use of polythene and plastic materials by visitors inside the park.

Over 9,000 kg of banned polythene bags were seized on Sunday by police and State Excise and Taxation department officials after they intercepted a truck carrying the consignment in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district.

Puducherry has joined the select club of few states that have banned thin plastic bags that can't be recycled.

In an initiative to make the Ganges pollution free, the city's municipal corporation has banned littering of pan masala pouches and polythene bags on the banks of the river.