BMC Finally Dispose of Seized Plastic Bags
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) sold the 105 lakh kg of seized plastic bags to a private firm for Rs 25 lakh for recycling them to make thick plastic bags.
The BMC had seized plastic goods products thinner than 50 microns in raids and stored them in 24 godowns across the city. After the deluge of 2005, the state government imposed a blanket ban on the use of plastic thinner than 50 microns. It failed twice to sell them through a tendering process.In November 2010, it invited fresh tenders to clear away the plastic. Finally BMC managed to dispose of plastic bags.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has finally managed to dispose of plastic bags thinner than 50 microns that it had collected in drives over the past five years. The civic body has sold the 105 lakh kg of thin plastic bags to a private firm for Rs25 lakh. The firm will recycle them to make thick plastic bags.
“We were worried that the plastic would not find a buyer. Moreover, our godowns received fresh amounts of plastic as parts of seizures,” said V Gosavi, chief inspector of the BMC’s shops and establishments department. He added: “We finally managed to find a purchaser and sold the bags to it. Otherwise, it would be a major problem for us, as we don’t have a mechanism to recycle the seized plastic on our own.”
“The BMC took an assurance from the buyer that the firm will manufacture plastic granules from the plastic to make thick plastic. We will keep an eye on the manufacturer and keep tabs on the movement of the plastic while recycling it,” Gosavi informed.
Plastic manufacturers are sceptical whether the plastic sold by the BMC will be used for making granules. One manufacturer said that the plastic bags may be reused as they are. “The BMC should have sold the bags after cutting them so that the buyer cannot reuse them,” he said.
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