The State Pollution Control Board of Sikkim has directed the state government to ban the use of plastic bags thinner than 75 microns by the end of this year.
The pollution board also asked the government to slowly phase out the usage of plastic bags with a thickness of fewer than 120 microns to support the plastic-free Sikkim initiative.
The decision has been taken post the meeting involving SPCB with elected members and officers of the seven civic bodies in the state.