ADC Mon & Administrator, Mon Town Council, Y Chingyak Konyak, NCS on 16th November 2021 issued a notification for the total ban on all single use plastic in Mon Town with effect from 1st December 2021.

The following falls under the category of single use plastic:

1.      All plastic carry bags, with or without handles, irrespective of thickness and size. 

2.      Plastic cutlery including plates, plastic cups, straws, stirrers etc. 

3.      Cutlery and other decoratives made of Styrofoam(Thermocol) 

4.      Polythene

5.      Nylon

6.      Poly-Vinyl-Chloride(P.V.C) 

7.      Poly-Propylene

8.      Poly-Styrene

Any breach of the ban shall be liable for penalties as per the law.

                                                                                                (Renbenthung, IA)