When they ban Plastic ...

After the rule comes in a proper inspection, right punishment and warnigns should be given. This inspection should be done time to time.

I have recently started using jute bags :)

Now I am UK, which is one of the most advanced and developed, affluent, and health conscious country of the world. BUT, it has not banned use of any such plastic bags. I find the shopkeepers using freely not only colorless plastic bags but much more in quantity the recycled colored bags. However, the municiplaities of UK have very perfect public health & cleanliness systems in vogue and any body cannot find any such plastic bag thrown openly on the roads, parks or any other place to make that look shabby.

A question arises, which product in lieu of the banned plastic bags does the Government recommend? Should that be paper bags, which is made of wood, which comes by cutting of trees? Since the trees help to reduce air pollution cutting of trees is also banned by the Government.

If plastic bags cause polution, a question arises, which product is pollution free? Every bio-product causes polution and even jute products are also made of bio-products, the jute as grown in the fields.

Today, in every household of India, we use plastic (per) jars, even feeding bottles for your small children and toys for every child (who are very dear to you), millions of bottles every day for mineral water, buckets, waste baskets made of plastics. Several other products are made of plastics. In other words, every other household material is made of plastic.

A pertinent question arises, why ban only on plastic bags, why not on all plastic products? Is it because the plastic jars and other plastic products are manufactured only by the big indurial houses, not by cottage industry, which is a product of cottage indstry?

So, instead of banning any product the State Governments should stress on the municipalities to make their public health system effective.

Governments should not try to escape their basic duties and responsibilities to provide service to the tax paying people by imposing such restrictions to make their officials relax just by making unwanted laws for the public.

So, banning of plastic bags can be nothing but merely a preplanned move to destroy lakhs of small scale & cottage industries just to favor a handful of big industry houses like Reliance, which produces the raw material for plastic bags.

So, at least the media should investigate deep such type of bans being imposed by the Governments. Mere using of the jute bags is not the solution. Using of minds is the real solution. Even using of jute bags in India frequently by common man would set back the foreign trade of India and would lose substantial foreign exchange, which India earns through export of jute & jute products. Media must try to understand the conspiracy of politicians against the common public instead of supporting such laws, which are not in the interests of the public.

• Carry your Bags always for all kind of purchase( A concern by Individual).
• Govt is to compensate polyethylene bags producers & provide alternate source for survival.(A concern by Govt.).
  
• Penalize the Vendors who are selling/giving plastic bags or to provide a way for recycling(A concern by Group).
• Ensure all license issued are canceled & shops closed or assure that they have a program for safe disposal of plastics (A concern by Enforcement).
• People should not accept anything with plastics that endangers disposal. An awareness campaign by Medias(A concern by Consumers).
• Voluntarily, producers come for this Eco-movement & stand as a Show-cause to Others.(A concern by Producers).

Banning the plastic in not practically possible in India.What would be the ideal substitute for the plastic which is more durable. Even if we want to use other paper bags which would result in cutting of trees.Moreover due to the destruction of trees and forests we lack the proper rain in our country. As per law corruption is also a crime and punishable but anyone can give the assurance that there is no corruption in our country. Similarly we have lot of laws in paper in our country and they are not properly adhered. Our law systems have several loop holes and are manipulated by the people who are in the helm of affairs.First we need to create the public awareness in educating them not to throw away the wastage or used articles in the streets and roads, but should be advised to put them in the dust bin kept for the purpose which should be cleared by the municipalities.Heaping on streets and road sides is the headache for all such problems and mostly we could see the wastage/plastic bags are being thrown or mixed to the drainage systems creating health hazards. What we need a proper administration focusing on good cleaning systems periodically. Thanks for the referral Ms.Kavitha.

Awareness of the people once improved ie about the disadvantages and the bad effects of it on environment and health of the people ,there will be some change in mindsets of the so called developed society. And also the alternative industries like Paper, Jute etc can be increased.It is difficult to impose strict compliance by law.Only the awareness improves the system.

Govt. is advt. against female child abortion. Govt. and NGO are saying about vaccination of child. Literacy Mission is going on. and now the Plastic Bag banned. Still These things are going on. People are doing whatever they want to do. They didnt know the right or wrong. they are just doing the things. No thinking No analysation. People have to know their responsibilities. if not every policy will not be completed.