Single-use plastic will be banned in Guntur from July 1, Municipal Commissioner Keerthi Chekuri said.
The decision comes in the wake of indiscriminate usage of plastic bags and the harm being done to the environment. The Commissioner, along with Mayor Kavati Manohar Naidu, told reporters that the ban would be enforced from July 1 and asked residents to cooperate with the GMC in order to achieve the civic body’s goal of eliminating single-use plastic.
In the run-up to the ban, the GMC will organise awareness sessions in every division from June 7. Elected representatives, GMC staff and workers would take part in the awareness camps and educate people on the perils of single-use plastic.
