The National Green Tribunal, NGT, has directed the Election Commission, the Centre and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to convene a meeting to consider whether to ban the use of campaigning material made of plastic during elections.<br />''<br />''<br />''A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the Election Commission, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, MoEF&CC, and CPCB to convene a meeting at the earliest, preferably within one week.<br />''<br />''<br />''The tribunal passed the directions on a petition seeking a direction to the MoEF&CC and the states to prohibit the use of, synthetic plastic polymer and chlorinated plastic in banners, hoarding for advertising during the poll campaign.<br />''<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The petition claimed that campaigning material made of plastic are used during the election and later discarded as waste, which is detrimental to the environment. </span><br />