Kanika Advani has been using electric cars for years, and promotes the use of natural organic fibres through her company

Just yesterday, this newspaper had reported that 25 days after the statewide plastic ban, the BMC has managed to collect 36,000 kg of plastic that Mumbaikars dumped in waste collectors and dry waste segregation centres set up across the city. What it means is that this humongous quantity of plastic will be duly disposed of with shredding machines instead of ending up as a mountain of waste in a landfill. But what it also means is that Mumbaikars are still heavily dependent on their use of plastic.