Moreover, the local shopkeepers have been told to completely ban the use of plastic bags and discourage selling their products to the residents in the plastic bags
The Cuffe Parade Residents Association (CPRA), in their aggressive approach towards the plastic ban, held a march to promote plastic ban in Cuffe Parade with actress Juhi Chawla and local public representatives, on Sunday.
The residents will now also use pet bottle flaking machine to dispose of plastic bottles which will be proceeded for recycling. More than 300 residents and school students from the locality were present during the march. On October 2, the residents had announced a complete ban on use of plastic in Cuffe Parade. Shopkeepers were given cloth and paper bags to be handed out to residents for groceries and household items.
Actor Juhi Chawla handed over these bags to residents and guided students on the use of environment-friendly products.
"We will be using pet bottle flaking machine which will flake the plastic bottles and later it will be sent for recycling. We will urge the residents to deposit the plastic bottles at designated centres which will be later flaked in the machine.", said Hansu Pardiwala, Chairman of Waste Management committee for CPRA.
Moreover, the local shopkeepers have been told to completely ban the use of plastic bags and discourage selling their products to the residents in the plastic bags.
Padmakar Nandekar, Secretary-General, CPRA, said, "If the shopkeepers do not follow the rules, we will ask the residents to boycott such stores. We have ensured that the cloth and paper bags do not fall short for the shopkeepers which can be easily given to the residents after taking a nominal deposit fee which will be returned back to the residents once the bags are handed back to the shopkeepers."
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