plastic ban

Cigarette makers have shifted from regular plastic wraping to environment-friendly biodegradable wrapping for cigarette packs , well ahead of the single-use plastic ban , industry body Tobacco Institute of India said on Friday. Tobacco Institute of India(TII ) also lauded the “proactive steps” taken by the government towards reducing the burden on the environment by banning certain single-use plastic items.

The Nilgiris district administration has begun sealing shops that were found using banned plastic packaging.

Recently, teams from the Revenue Department conducted raids across the district, and seized banned plastic items that were being used by merchants.

According to the officials, an anti-plastic raid conducted on Saturday led to the closure of eight shops – three in Coonoor, four in Udhagamandalam and one in Gudalur. Many other shopkeepers were warned not to use banned plastic products to package any of the items they were selling.

Morrisons has announced it will replace the plastic packaging from its bananas with paper bands, in a move that makes it the first supermarket to remove plastic banana packaging from all its stores.

The announcement follows a successful 12-week trial that saw two million plastic bags removed from bananas. Morrisons said it will now complete the switch to paper bands at all its stores over the next six months and as a result it expects to eliminate 45 million single-use plastic bags each year, the equivalent of removing 180 tonnes of plastic from stores annually.