SC mulling total ban on plastic bags

Last Updated: Monday, May 7, 2012, 12:47

The Supreme Court Monday said it would consider whether to completely ban the use of plastic in the interests of animals and the environment.

Plastic bags banned at Patna zoo

Last Updated: Thursday, April 19, 2012, 21:16

Use of plastic bags inside Sanjay Gandhi Zoological park here would be banned from June 5 to make the place a eco friendly one, a high level meeting chaired by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi decided Thursday.

Ban on plastic bags; violators to face 5-year jail

Last Updated: Sunday, October 2, 2011, 12:13

The Delhi government will impose a blanket ban on usage and manufacturing of plastic bags in the next two months.

Blanket ban on plastic bags in Delhi

Last Updated: Monday, April 4, 2011, 23:54

Currently, around 400 plastic bag manufacturing units are operating in Delhi.

Delhi bans manufacture, use of plastic bags

Last Updated: Monday, April 4, 2011, 14:46

The Delhi government on Monday decided to impose a blanket ban on the manufacture, storage and use of plastic bags in the city.

Sale of plastic or polythene bags banned near rivers in UP

Last Updated: Thursday, January 20, 2011, 12:19

Sale of plastic or polythene bags has been banned in the vicinity of rivers or any other water body after Uttar Pradesh Governor B L Joshi gave his assent to an ordinance in this regard, an official spokesman said here Thursday.

China bans plastic bags in ecologically fragile Tibet

Last Updated: Friday, July 16, 2010, 22:32

China has banned ultra-thin plastic bags in ecologically fragile southwestern Tibet Region.

Govt rules out blanket ban on use of plastic bags

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 17:05

The Government on Wednesday ruled out a blanket ban on plastic bags and said waste management at the local level should be improved to ensure that the waste did not become an environmental hazard.

SC not inclined to relax ban on plastic bags

Last Updated: Friday, January 29, 2010, 19:37

The Supreme Court today virtually ruled out the possibility of relaxing the ban imposed on use of plastic bags by the Delhi Government by stressing on the "havoc played" by them.

We`ve enforced ban on use of plastic bags: Delhi govt to HC

Last Updated: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 00:14

The Delhi government today told the High Court that it has implemented the notification banning use of plastic bags and carried out a number of enforcement drives following which cases have been registered against violators.