we are advising all the food brands and restaurants to adhere to government norms envisaged for plastic usage we have recommended the usage of banana leaves and also installation of leaf crusher machines to reduce waste disposal issues biodegradable flasks have been identified for take away coffee the challenge we are going to face is to pack liquid items and gravies the cost of materials will go up charles vasantha kumar md grace serviceslet the industry find the alternativeits not enough if you go to the assembly and make the announcement they also have to effect mechanisms and make them a reality on the ground our pm has said that by 2022 we will definitely wipe out singleuse plastic but when the solid waste management rule of 2016 came about the idea was that within a years time they would put in all these monitoring regulations in place so every state and every urban local body was supposed to follow that but weve delayed it by two years already so while i am happy about this announcement i am very sceptical i think the government should be burdened with the question of alternate option for plastic and they should take it up with the industry that has the money to invest in research and development to find the alternative for this just like how the soft drink brands went from glass to plastic bottles they can find alternatives to plastic too they branded it as convenience for the customers but it absolved them of the responsibility of collectingback system so its definitely the responsibility of the industry to find the alternative to plastic kripa ramachandran from citizen consumer and civic action group