Three weeks after the ban on 14 single-use plastic items kicked in across Tamil Nadu,the government has cracked down on all muttilayered plastic material used to pack items like biscuits,creams and shampoos Ninety five companies have been issued notice saying they will not be able to market their products packaged with such material in the state until they register with the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and comply with the PWM rules.The order,issued by TNPCB chairman Shambhu Kallolikar on January 22 has set the companies the near-impossible task of owning responsibility for after-use collection and disposal of the packaging material in coordination with the urban local bodies concerned.The rules mandate the manufacturer and the brand owner to register with the state pollution control board if operating in less than two states and with the Central Pollution Control Board(CPCB) if operating in more than two states.We have issued notices even to companies using tetrapacks and PET bottles as they have also been brought into this ambit.
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