Waste grows, producer responsibility falls short

Bengaluru: A pan-India soft drink brand reported a sale of Rs 20,008 crore last year and claimed an 88% PET bottle recycling rate. However, in Bengaluru, one of its biggest markets, there is no mechanism in place for collecting or buying back used bottles..This is not an exception. Across brands in various sectors, packaging material and post-consumer waste are rarely collected unless they have significant monetary value..To address this accountability gap, the country introduced Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in 2011, with an aim to make producers responsible for the scientific collection, recycling and disposal of their products after...

Waste grows, producer responsibility falls short

wn.com - 04/Oct 20:39

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