New Delhi: With the first phase of removing single plastic and other related items scheduled starting from September 30, Department of Environment and Delhi Polution Control Committee (DPCC) has emerged with the Education and Information Communication Plan (IEC).
This has been divided into urban local bodies and other institutions after the approval of the head secretary.
The Action Plan of the Action, which will include ways to cancel the perpetrators and the elimination of the use of these items, will be ready on August 16.
Local bodies have been asked to be ready for implementation with RWAS assistance, market associations and NGOs.
“After a series of meetings over the past few months, the IEC plan was approved on Tuesday.
This plan focuses on how awareness will be carried out on removing plastic bags that are less than 120 microns.
Other plastic that is not in the list of prohibited items also need to be reduced and Every body and urban local department have been given a set target, “an official said.
A senior official DPCC said the final plan to remove certain plastic items would be ready on August 16, with agents asked to be ready on September 30 to ensure a plastic bag of less than 120 microns.
This center has requested a single plastic goods to be removed from all over the country in three phases.
In phase-II starting from January 1, 2022, sales and manufacture of earbuds, plastic sticks, balloons, plastic flags, candy sticks and polystyrene (thermokol) will be stopped.
From July 1, 2022, 13 items, including plastic plates, glasses, glasses, and other cutlery, will be deleted.
Ashish Jain, Founder and Director of the Indian pollution control association, an NGO working on the removal of plastic waste, said four years since the prime minister took a promise in the UN Assembly to remove the single plastic from the country, but very little time left now to reach the target.
“We are still struggling to define single plastic and find alternative solutions to it.
However, working together can help bring a solution ahead,” said Jain, whose NGO has launched awareness in conscious bazaar to attach shop owners by reducing plastic waste and consumption.
Delhi: Planning to remove single plastic use takes shape
