99% city veggie sellers use plastic bags : Study by Toxics Link, an environmental NGO

The blanket ban on plastic bags in the city has proved a dud. A survey by Toxics Link, an environmental NGO, has revealed massive use of plastic carry-bags. It found that the monthly use of plastic bags by about 100 vegetable and fruit vendors was over a tonne in Delhi.

The survey found that vendors were using non-woven plastic bags in bulk, thinking it was not plastic and that vegetable, fruit and meat vendors were the biggest users of plastic carry bags in Delhi. Interestingly, chemists, milk booths and stationary shops use fewer number of plastic bags.