A platform to sell ‘green’ items for small and big events – an initiative supported by Mysuru City Corporation encouraging use of alternatives to plastic – will be launched soon at Makkaji Chowka here. Two such shops will take shape in the MCC-owned shopping complex near Gandhi Square.
Cloth bags with messages written on them will be sold prominently at these shops to end the menace of plastic bags that are still in circulation despite the blanket ban.
Promoted by Mysuru Green Foundation, the MCC has provided two stalls for shops that sell eco-friendly recyclable material.
MCC’s Environment Officer Mythri said the shops would be launched shortly. They will be run by members of NGOs as the MCC’s motto is to end the plastic menace. It has taken the initiative to ask people to fully shun the use of plastics. “Once users discourage items like plastic bags, people selling and manufacturing them will also stop their sale. The first step should come from the public,” she stated. Traders who were selling plastic items before the ban have now switched over to trade of recyclable stuff. Items made from tree bark, sugarcane bagasse and tree waste are also being used.
