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Drinks Companies In India Cooperate To Limit Scope Of Government Ban On Single-Use Plastic

September 6, 2019: 12:00 AM EST
The Indian government is looking at imposing a ban on single-use plastic from 2022, and drinks companies are seeking clarity on how this will impact their use of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. The country’s largest packaged water company, Bisleri International, uses only PET bottles. For Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, PET bottles comprise around half of annual sales of their fast-moving pack sizes. The industry claims that PET isn’t single-use plastic because it’s recyclable and it’s uniting to lobby government, arguing that a switch to glass or aluminum cans is not feasible on cost grounds. Elsewhere in India, companies in the travel and hospitality sectors have been reducing single-use. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) estimates the country produces almost 26,000 tonnes of plastic annually.[Image Credit: © Willfried Wende from Pixabay]
Ratna Bhushan, "Beverages fear pain as government steps up to push out single use plastic", The Economic Times, September 06, 2019, © Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.
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