Mysore/Mysuru: After multiple attempts by the State Government, the Mysuru District Administration and the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to ban single-use plastic, now it is the turn of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to enforce a blanket ban on all kinds of single-use plastic products with effect from July 1 in Mysuru city.
A communiqué from the KSPCB said that the ban will be imposed on single-use plastic items which are low in utility but have a high potential for littering. The banned items include plastic sticks, earbuds with plastic sticks, plastic flags, candy sticks, ice-cream sticks, thermocol or polystyrene decoration, balloons with plastic sticks, cutlery items like cups, glasses, cups, forks, spoons, straws, trays, knives and stirrers for tea or coffee.
