| Address: Big bazar, FBB, New Delhi, Delhi |
Carry bag is chargeable @18 per bag.
The root of this practice lies in the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011, brought out by the union ministry of environment and Forests, to provide for a regulatory frame work for management of plastic waste generated in the country.
This was meant to induce retailers to shift to the new standards for plastic, discourage consumers from using plastic bags, encourage them to bring their own bags and also finance plastic waste management of civic bodies.
However, there were two pre-conditions for such sale of carry bags. One was that it should be a plastic bag, because the rules clearly defined ‘Carry bags’ as bags made of plastic. Yet, retailers began to exploit the rules and charge even for paper and cloth bags, not mandated under the Rules.
The government notified certain amendments to the 2016 Rules in March 2018, it dropped the rule on consumers having to pay for the carry bag. So those retailers who shifted to non-plastic carry bags had no legal basis for asking consumers to pay for them. And even those who sold plastic bags could not do so, unless mandated by a notification from the civic authority.
I have been a regular customer/buyer in big bazar. And i have been paying for these clothes bag since years. That too @ 18 per bag.
I insist that this practice should stop right now. The bucks i have spent on bags till now may worth months of grocery.
Kindly act asap on this practice . Was this information helpful? | 
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