A year after the Maharashtra government enforced a state-wide plastic ban, civic officials in Mumbai have collected Rs 3.47 crore as fine from offenders besides lodging 489 FIRs against them in the metropolis. The government's state-wide ban on the use of plastic items, including carry-bags and thermocol, came into effect on June 23, 2018.

All kinds of plastic bags, irrespective of their thickness, tea cups, glasses, thermocol glasses, thermocol used for decoration, plastic used in hotels to parcel food like boxes, spoons were covered under the purview of the ban. For first-time offenders, the fine was fixed at Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000 for second-time offenders.