KMC notifies on plastic carry bags

Dimapur, July 31 (EMN): In pursuance with the Nagaland Pollution Control Board, informing all manufactures, importers, stockiest, distributers, sellers and users of plastic & compostable carry bags to comply with provisions of the Plastic Waste Management (PWM) Rules 2016, Administrator of Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) Kethosituo Sekhose, has notified that, as per the new PWM Rules,2016 the thickness of petro- based plastic carry bags /films shall be 50 microns & above, except for compostable carry bags. The administrator also directed shopkeepers/street vendors under Kohima Municipality willing to provide plastic carry bags for dispensing any commodity shall register with the KMC and manufactures/sellers of compostable carry bags/films shall obtain certificate from Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) before marketing and selling of such carry bags/films. The notification further informed that all unlicensed and unregistered plastic carry bags/films manufacturing units running in residential area (unapproved area) shall be closed down by the concerned District Magistrate/Deputy Commissioner/Municipal Authority/SPCB/PCC under its jurisdiction.