Three years after plastic waste ban, Environment Ministry allows imported PET bottles for processing

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/three-years-after-plastic-waste-ban-environment-ministry-allows-imported-pet-bottles-for-processsing/article65275155.ece

Author: Jacob Koshy

After banning the import of plastic waste in 2019, the Environment Ministry has permitted PET Bottles, as plastic waste, to be imported for processing. The decision to rollback the ban was taken last year after representations by several industries in the business of processing waste said there was too little waste available for them in India and this was causing them financial losses.