ahmedabad the new plastic management rules notification has made it mandatory for retail outlets charging customers for plastic bags to deposit a specified sum with the local municipal corporation in ahmedabad this has already send the ahmedabad municipal corporation amc into a tizzy with limited staff the civic body will now have to evolve a system to register retail outlets dispensing carry bags to make them deposit the money with the municipal body every month the notification is being introduced under the plastic waste management rules 2016 shopkeepers and street vendors who will provide plastic carry bags must now compulsorily register with local body and deposit a one time sum of rs 48000 and will have to also deposit the proceeds from the sale of the plastic bags the fee will be used to put in place a plastic waste management system the notification claimsthe notification also says that since there is no ecofriendly product which can completely substitute for plastic a blanket ban on plastic cannot be imposed the notification has also raised the minimum thickness of plastic from the present 40 microns to 50 microns the amc will have to put in place a collect back system where producers importers and brand owners who introduce plastic carry bags multilayered plastic sachets pouches or packaging in the market need to establish a system to collect back the waste generated by their products the plastic waste management system has to be put in place by september which is challenging says a senior amc official the notification insists that amc seriously implement waste segregation rules and start thinking of options on reuse of plastic in various applications like road construction waste to oil waste to energy and create a market for waste adds the amc official the notification also seeks to phase out the manufacture and use of nonrecyclable multilayered plastic in two years timehalol near vadodara is one of the largest manufacturers of plastic bags thinner than 40 microns and these are sent across the country the government should seriously think of inspecting these units adds the amc official