NGT takes note of plastic waste violations, seeks report

The National Green Tribunal has issued notice to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and others regarding the strict enforcement of the Plastic Waste Management Rules by the manufacturers of gutkha, pan masala and tobacco products.

- PRERONA BANDYOPADHYAY @ New Delhi

A bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert member A Senthil Vel noted the petitioner's counsel's submissions that in October 2021, the CPCB issued certain directions to 25 such manufacturers, including immediately closing down operations until they switched to environmentally sound alternatives, which were not complied with.

The bench, in its order dated May 30, noted that according to counsel Anuj Aggarwal, certain provisions of the plastic waste management rules were being flouted.