PTI

New Delhi, July 10

The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has arrange a management room to watch the implementation of the ban on 19 recognized single-use plastic objects and can begin shutting models violating it from Monday, officers stated.

The management room will obtain all complaints associated to the violation of the SUP ban and direct enforcement groups to take motion on them, an official stated on Sunday.

“Though the DPCC’s mandate is to keep a check on the manufacturing of SUP items, complaints related to the violation of the ban in markets and other public places can also be sent to our control room. We will transfer it to the municipal bodies concerned,” he stated.

Grievances concerning the infractions may also be lodged by the Green Delhi utility of the Delhi authorities or the “SUP-CPCB” utility of the Central Pollution Control Board.

“We will start closing down units violating the ban from Monday under relevant provisions of the law. No more warning will be given,” the official stated.

On July 1, when the ban on the SUP objects got here into impact, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai stated the Delhi Government could be lenient in the direction of these violating the ban for the preliminary 10 days and concentrate on creating consciousness towards the usage of such commodities and promote their alternate options.

He had stated that the authorities would situation warning notices to models discovered violating the ban on the 19 SUP objects until July 10 and punitive motion could be taken thereafter towards repeat offenders.

The motion will embody a superb of as much as Rs 1 lakh or a jail time period of as much as 5 years or each underneath the Environment Protection Act, 1986.

The Revenue Department and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee have constituted 33 and 15 groups, respectively, to make sure the enforcement of the ban.

The DPCC has to make sure compliance with the ban in conforming areas, whereas the MCD and different native our bodies are chargeable for its implementation within the casual sector.

The MCD and different city native our bodies will act towards the defaulting models in accordance with their bylaws, whereas the income division will take motion underneath the Environment Protection Act.

The SUP objects seized throughout the enforcement drive might be incinerated in waste-to-energy vegetation to make sure they don’t find yourself in landfills or clog water our bodies.

In the preliminary 10 days, officers held conferences with industrial associations to coach and information them in regards to the ban.

A 3-day honest was additionally organised on the Thyagraj Stadium right here to advertise alternate options to SUP objects.

To unfold consciousness in regards to the ban on SUP objects, the Delhi authorities will impart coaching to the members of eco-clubs within the capital. The coaching programme might be performed on July 19 in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme. There are round 2,000 eco-clubs in Delhi.

The banned objects are earbuds, plastic sticks for balloons, flags, sweet sticks, ice-cream sticks, polystyrene (thermocol), plates, cups, glasses, forks, spoons, knives, straws, trays, wrapping or packaging movies round sweets packing containers, invitation playing cards, cigarette packets, plastic or PVC banners of lower than 100 microns and stirrers.

Plastic carry luggage of thickness lower than 75 microns are additionally prohibited underneath the Plastic Waste Management Rules. Their thickness should be elevated to 120 microns from December 31.

Plastic wrapping materials lower than 50 microns in thickness and plastic sachets used for promoting and storing tobacco, pan masala and gutkha are additionally not allowed.

Delhi generates 1,060 tonnes of plastic waste per day. SUP is estimated to be 5.6 per cent (or 56 kg per metric tonnes) of the overall strong waste within the capital.