Uflex petitions National Green Tribunal as plastic packaging ban looms

摘要

WITH the National Green Tribunal (NGT) mulling ban on plastic packaging of products including PET bottles, packaging major Uflex Ltd. has approached it claiming that it is "least polluting" while alternative materials like paper and aluminium foil are environmentally more "dangerous". The plea, moved by Uflex before a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swantanter Kumar, said that globally multilayer plastic is "most preferred" and favoured packaging material compared to others because of its weight, cost of transportation and other benefits.