The actress, who revealed that she made her husband Jay PETG Film SLEEVEMAKER-GH40 Factory Mehta stop using plastic bottles, goes further to urge people to have an eco-friendly lifestyle. The reason is that whatever linings the frying pan is made with, gradually due to heat, that lining starts cracking. "God has given me this face, and people listen to me.”The actress follows what she preaches, and she even refused to endorse a popular brand’s frying pans, as she finds overtime the food cooked in it becomes toxic.

"A very big company of frying pan had approached me recently. It can be bags of jute or paper, anything but plastic. Who is responsible for this? What are we handing over to our children? We do not need to move mountains, but by doing small things, we can avoid the unwanted things that are coming to destruct our lives. I simply refused to endorse it.Worried about the future of coming generations, Juhi says, "We keep complaining about pollution in the air. Unknowingly, through the food cooked in it the unwanted metal goes into our body. This will definitely slowly and gradually create some negative effect in our body. I am thankful that I have been given this job unknowingly by the almighty, and thus I plan to carry it forward,” the actress concludes. end-of Tags: juhi chawla, plastic.”

Pursuing the cause in full effect, Juhi believes it to be her destiny to make the world plastic-free. As I am already not in the favour of using plastics, I would like to tell every individual to use eco- friendly packaging for gifts.While balancing her personal and professional life, Juhi Chawla has also been championing the cause of fight against plastic. Let’s all learn to do our own bit

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Sikkim, which in 1998 became the first Indian state to ban disposable plastic bags, is also among the first to target single-use plastic bottles. They have demanded that the civic body should organise a study tour of Sikkim to learn more about the tiny state’s experiment with the plastic ban. It has implemented 100 per cent plastic ban in the city and its urban management is also very good.

In her letter, Ms SEALUP-E2 Sealing Cover Film Suppliers Karanje has said, "Sikkim is known as one of the most beautiful and clean cities in the country.Mumbai: While its own methods have failed to execute a plastic ban effectively in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) corporators want to tour Sikkim to study its plastic ban implementation. It banned the use of packaged drinking water in government offices and government events.Some of the corporators have expressed their opposition to using public funds for the exercise. Seco-ndly, it banned the use of Styrofoam and thermocol disposable plates and cutlery. In 2016, Sikkim took two major decisions. "Instead of making the tour with the help of municipal funds, corporators should spend from their own pockets to go to Sikkim,” said Samajwadi Party leader Rais Shaikh.

”The expenses for the study tour should be borne from municipal commissioner’s voluntary funds and the tour should be organised by the civic liaison officer, she added.Suvarna Karanje, the chairperson of the civic law committee, has demanded that a study tour of all the members of the law committee to Sikkim should be arranged from municipal funds. To keep the city clean, various policies have been implemented there with the help of cleanliness tax revenues collected by the licencedepartment

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In a letter written to environment minister Ramdas Kadam, Brihanmumbai Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Samanvay Samiti (BSGSS) – an umbrella organisation of city Ganesh mandals – has asked to allow temporary use of plastic covers during monsoon."Ganesh idol makers have been using plastic covers to protect idols for several years. If kept in open, there is a possibility that they would get sullied when exposed to sunlight, air and moisture.

If there are rains during the arrival procession, then there will definitely be a problem,” said Avinash Patkar, who makes the clay idol for GSB Seva Mandal.Mumbai: Due to the ban on plastic, hundreds of Ganesh idol makers in the city are battling with a basic problem — how to protect the idols from rains. end-of Tags: ganesh idol, plastic ban.

"Nowadays even the big idols are made up of clay.According to Ganesh idol makers, demand for clay idols is SEALUP-E2 Sealing Cover Film Factory on the rise in the city and plastic covers are very useful for protecting them from rains during monsoon. State government’s ban on plastic — to wrap or store products — has left them scurrying to look for other viable options to cover Ganesh idols during monsoon.Ganesh Chaturthi falls on September 13 this year. But the plastic ban has posed huge problems before them about protecting the idols. Hence, they are kept wrapped in plastic covers. We have written to the state government on allowing clay idol makers to use plastic covers during monsoon,” said Narendra Dahibavkar, president of BSGSS. The process of idol making for the festival has already started, with scores of idol makers being busy making idols throughout the city. The clay idols take longer time than the plaster of paris (PoP) idols to dry up. How to protect these idols from rains? There are no viable options available for this in the market

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"Cloth, paper or jute bags should also be made available as an alternative to plastic bags,” said civic activist Nikhil Desai.

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