chennai if a state has to ban plastic its local bodies have to frame bylaws said justice jothimani chairman of the monitoring committee for implementing solid waste management in southern states in a meeting that will be held on february 12 and chaired by justice jothimani the role of local bodies for implementing plastic ban would be discussed we will direct the local bodies to frame bylaws otherwise they cannot enforce the ban he saidanother point of discussion would be management of multilayered plastic waste one of the major producers of such waste is multinational companies who use it for packaging products this needs to be dealt with under the extended producers responsibility for which the corporation municipality and panchayats should frame rulesthe tnpcb has held meetings in this regard and advised the municipal administration and water supply department to follow the united nations development policy that has been implemented in 53 cities in indiaas per this policy the government should form a consortium with representatives from companies tnpcb industrial associations and local bodies it should finalise a model to set up infrastructure to manage plastic waste the companies will be responsible for the management of nonrecyclable plastic waste said an official they will collect waste from local bodies and shred it it will then be handed over to agencies that will dispose it said an officialbut corporation engineers said this model was unsuccessful in variouscities in chennai sanitary workers sell pet bottles and milk covers they make around 150 every day so we need to study the economics of waste management locally and then decide the government will take the final call we will implement it once it is finalised said deputy commissioner health p madhusudhan reddy