Comments on: Delhi Debates Plastic Bag Ban

By: rahul

rahul — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:25:53 +0000

I do not support, practically these types of things cannot be implemented in a place like delhi. Sad but true…

By: DM

DM — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:11:02 +0000

its gud wat all is happening in delhi …..but wat all shud be done before is being done now…but for how long does this procedure is gonna take place… for few more months and again delhi govt. and delhi police will go for a long ….sleep…and when they will wake up it will to late….so kindly look after for wat r u doing and continue the procedure…..in every place not only by taking one step..u have acheived everything..u need to climg up the whole sairs as dis is only the first step….!

By: AShukla

AShukla — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:01:59 +0000

Best news in a long time, for a city choked with pollution.

Good job…

By: Swarna

Swarna — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:33:03 +0000

A question to the author and to Ecanjels, Sam, rp and Sharad - do you and members of your family refuse the p bag when you go shopping? I ask because I see elite shoppers carrying away scores of plastic bags - in two months in Delhi I have not come across a single person who has refused the plastic bag - at vegetable markets in particular.

By: Sharad

Sharad — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:26:04 +0000

I read the other day that an entreprenuer has succeeded in turning plasic bags and other plastic waste into attractive and profitably marketable products. That is one use that recycled plastics can be put to. India’s poverty allows rag-picking to become a source of gainful employment–at least, so far. But if consumers could be motivated, or even gently pressured, to ensure seggregrating trash effectively, reusing it profitably could, hopefully, become a regular business.

The initiative here must come from local, state and federal governments with NGOs taking part energetically so that costs of collection can be brought down and “raw material” availabilty enlarged and ensured, and, at affordable cost.

Indeed, the value of trash is being recognised more and more. So much so that some communities in Delhi are even getting paid for their trash to be collected and removed!

By: rp

rp — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:33:18 +0000

It is good that Delhi has woken up to the costs imposed by these plastic bags before it faces catastrophic flooding of drains. However, changing habits is difficult and as the author comments, perhaps more incentives may spur the change. Making it easier to recycle should also help and using shopping baskets, which was common about 20 years ago, could also be encouraged.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:30:38 +0000

Very interesting perspective. Awareness of the masses will go a long way in countries like India. BTW, I wonder why the “raddiwala”(the door-to-door peron who buys scrap recycling material) doesn’t buy the plastic bags too, like old newspapers, bottles etc?

By: Ecanjels

Ecanjels — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:31:11 +0000

Interesting article; I agree with the author. More recycling is needed. We visited Kulu Manali in India, another city where plastic bags are banned, and were suprised by how clean the area looked.