2.22.2009

5 year jail term for a plastic bag in New Delhi!

The discussion around plastic bags and their impacts to solid waste management has gone a long way last years.

Just last month New Delhi passed a preliminary ban imposing a five-year jail term or a 100,000-rupee fine, about $2,055, on anyone caught carrying or handing out plastic bags.

That did not stop 67,000 plastics professionals from convening last week for Plastindia 2009, a five-day celebration of all things plastic. Some interesting points regarding plastic bags, waste management and the plastic industry reactions are made by Heater Timmons in New York Times, 17/2/2009. See this at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/business/worldbusiness/17bag.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=plastic%20bags&st=cse

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