The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre and all the state governments on a plea seeking complete ban on use of plastic bags in the country. A bench headed by Justice G S Singhvi also impleaded all plastic manufacturing companies in the case and also sought the government's response to put in place a proper mechanism for disposal of used plastic bags. The apex court passed the order on a PIL filed by NGOs, seeking its direction to government to ban the use of plastic bags alleging that these are not disposed properly and get stuck in the stomach of animals when eaten by them.