PSA October Editorial blog

Environment and packaging

November 17, 2011 | By Avinandan Mukherjee

The environment discussion in India is in danger of not being a discussion at all. The government’s ban on plastic for gutkha packaging in March 2011 first of all mixed up the distinct health hazards of tobacco with the environmental hazards of the extensive use of plastic packaging without any clarity on its collection, disposal or recycling.Leave aside packaging the entire issue of waste disposal in India is a huge scandal. In the capital we have sewerage lines that actually do not reach the treatment plants. ...cont´d

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