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Re:Mumbai bans plastic bags, bottles, and single-use plastic... by piyushpr134 on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @05:30AM (#17399084)
Great to see that my city, Mumbai, is setting an example here. Plastic ban is a no brainer. People must move to either biodegradable carry bags and packaging or move to jute/steel/metal bags/utensils etc. Plastic would choke our world one day otherwise.

At the same time, I know it would be huge pain for a lot of people. In Mumbai, it rains really heavy. Like really really heavy. It rains more than 2x it rains in London and that too in just 4 months. So for a lot of people, plastic is literally the roof they need. Zoom in on Mumbai and you would see many shanties with blue "roof"s. That is all plastic. Hope municipality will allow such plastic sheets as they are not single use.

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Re:Mumbai bans plastic bags, bottles, and single-use plastic... by sumedh on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @06:45AM (#17399409)
Doesnt Mumbai do that every couple of years and the the whole thing fizzles out and then some new bureaucrat tries it again.

This is from 2009

http://business.rediff.com/report/2009/dec/30/bmc-plans-to-b...

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Re:Mumbai bans plastic bags, bottles, and single-use plastic... by chauhankiran on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @06:54AM (#17399454)
Yeah! That's true. Recently Ahmedabad city also bans Plastic like Mumbai. But, in last few years, I have heard this same news three times.
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Re:Mumbai bans plastic bags, bottles, and single-use plastic... by denzil_correa on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @07:26AM (#17399605)
In Mumbai (and India), law enforcement is a huge challenge regardless of the laws.
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Re:Mumbai bans plastic bags, bottles, and single-use plastic... by kamaal on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @09:49AM (#17400548)
What makes this issue worse is the existence of bullshit impractical laws, such as this.
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Re:Mumbai bans plastic bags, bottles, and single-use plastic... by anticodon on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @07:57AM (#17399776)
Exactly. I read every year in the local Goa newspaper that government bans plastic in Goa. Yet every time I arrive nothing is changed.
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Re:Mumbai bans plastic bags, bottles, and single-use plastic... by nowarninglabel on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @06:00AM (#17399226)
Agreed, this is great, though I'm in Nairobi and they have banned plastic last year, setting a great example.
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Re:Mumbai bans plastic bags, bottles, and single-use plastic... by gulabjamyn on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @07:54AM (#17399757)
Delhi has been banning plastic for a long time but it keeps coming back.
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Re:Mumbai bans plastic bags, bottles, and single-use plastic... by Tepix on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @05:45AM (#17399147)
Getting rid of single-use plastic would be a great first step.
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