Amul urges atmosphere ministry to postpone ban on plastic straw by one yr; cites paucity of paper straws

Leading dairy agency Amul has urged the atmosphere ministry to postpone the ban imposed on plastic straw by one yr as a consequence of lack of enough availability of paper straws within the home in addition to worldwide markets.

The authorities’s ban on single-use plastics, together with plastic straw, goes to be efficient from July 1, 2022.
“We have written a letter to Environment Secretary on the proposed ban on single use plastic straw,” Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) MD R S Sodhi instructed PTI.

GCMMF markets its milk and different dairy merchandise beneath Amul model.

“The plastic straw in our butter milk and lassi is attached to tetra pack. It is part of primary packaging.
“So we have urged the Environment Ministry to include it as part of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and recycling,” Sodhi stated.

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Amul wants 10-12 lakh plastic straws day by day.

Besides, Sodhi stated, the corporate has urged the ministry to offer native business one yr to arrange devoted amenities for producing paper straws.

“Paper straws are not available in domestic market. We don’t have capacity. We are not getting paper straws in international market,” he stated.

Earlier, beverage firm Parle Agro, which owns widespread manufacturers equivalent to Frooti and Appy, too had urged the federal government to increase the deadline to implement the ban on plastic straws by six months.