The BMC is working on reducing fine amounts for one-time plastic use to strengthen action on its ban. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has ordered BMC to intensify efforts to implement a strict ban on single-use plastic in Mumbai.

As per guidelines, producers, stockists, suppliers, sellers and consumers who violate the ban must pay a fine of R5,000 for the first offence, R10,000 if caught for the second time, and a fine of up to Rs 25,000 and/or imprisonment for three months for subsequent offences. But, BMC officials feel this high fine is a major challenge in implementation of the ban in the city.