Jalandhar, February 6- A workshop on plastic wastemanagement was organized by Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) with theassociation of Action Group Against Plastic Pollution (AGAP) NGO was organisedin its office at Focal Point.
The workshop was presided over by the Joint Commissioner,Municipal Corporation Harcharan Singh.
The workshop was also attended by Chief EnvironmentalEngineer, Jalandhar Er. GS Majithia, Environmental Engineer, Er. Kuldip Singhand Assistant Environmental Engineer Er. Sandeep Kumar along with Dr. NavneetKaur Bhullar of Action Group Against Plastic Pollution (AGAP).
During the workshop, the representatives of the plasticmanufacturing and producers of various industries were also present.
The ill-effects of plastic carry bags were broadly discussedduring workshop.
President of Plastic Manufacturing units Ludhiana GS Batraand President of Jalandhar Plastic Association
Navdish Singh also gave their suggestions to encourage thecompost material based plastic carry bags.
Batra also asked to encourage the bio compost carry bagsmanufacturing units in Punjab along with Exemption of GST, Subsidy to beintroduced on Bio compost carry bags, Permissions for plastic wasteregistrations must be granted at state level, Easy availability of loans andindustrial land for setting up of new units, Easy availability of raw material(starch) and strict enforcement on entering of banned plastic carry bags fromother states.