Mumbai, Dec. 18 -- The proposed government ban on plastic will not affect rain guarding and making of polybag plants, said Rubber Board.

"The ban is on plastic items of less than 50 micron thickness, referred to as single-use plastic items. The plastic used for rain guarding has a thickness of 75 microns (300 gauge). They are continuously used for several months and so cannot be categorised as a single use product and as such rain guarding plastic material is not included in the list of items banned by Govt. of Kerala and certain other State Governments as per the criteria currently fixed," said the board in a statement.

Polybags used for making polybag planting materials also have a thickness of 75-100 microns. The ban on single use pl...