‘Single-use plastic ban is a temporary restriction’

Indicating that the statewide ban imposed by the government on single-use plastic from October 2 is a temporary restriction to control generation of plastic waste in Goa.
Minister for Waste Management Michael Lobo on Friday said the one-time (single-use) plastic is banned in the state for “certain period of time”, till people realise that less than 50 microns plastic bags are hazardous.
“Plastic is very important in our day-to-day life, we cannot do without it,” Lobo stated, pointing out that plastic cannot go out of our lives.
“Plastic is an environmental hazard and we need to see how we can reuse it, recycle it in a systematic way and scientific manner, without disturbing the environment,” he noted.
Lobo also said the solid waste management facility, located in Calangute constituency receives segregated waste from 27 village panchayats for disposal.