Bottle buy-back: Tasmac may rent 1.5K shops to tackle storage issues

Managers told to identify shops; official says can't commit on increasing staff strength

- S GURUVANMIKANATHAN

AS it struggles to roll out the bottle buy-back scheme across the state to meet the Madras High Court's final deadline of November 30, 2025, which had been extended multiple times in the last three years, Tasmac is mulling to rent around 1,500 shops to tackle the storage issues in rolling out the scheme.

A senior official told TNIE that most outlets do not have enough space, which has delayed the implementation of the scheme in all the districts.

"Hence, we are preparing rent around 1,500 shops across the state to store empty bottles," he said, adding that the district managers of Tasmac have been asked to identify such shops.

"The final number of such shops to be rented will be known once we receive the reports from districts," he said.