Dimapur, June 27 (MExN): The Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) has notified all the shop keepers, business establishments, open vendors, Banquet halls, religious institutions, hotels, restaurants and offices that all the Single Use Plastic are banned within DMC jurisdiction with immediate effect, failure to comply with this shall be penalized with a fine of 2000 which may even lead to cancellation of Trade license.
The DMC administrator Albert Ezung in a press release stated that the following Single Use Plastic products shall be totally banned in DMC jurisdiction with immediate effect: earbuds with plastic sticks, plastic flags, plastic sticks for balloons, ice-cream sticks, candy sticks, polystyrene (thermocol) for decoration, cups. plates, cutlery like spoons, forks, straw, knives, wrapping/ packing films around sweet boxes, trays, cigarette packets, and invitation cards, glasses, plastic or PVC banners less than 100 microns, stirrers.
