#Plastics : Time to
strike a deal ?
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Today’s Times of India carries following news report :
Excerpt :
Plastic manufacturers
have been demanding a rollback and have promised all help to recycle the plastic that is
produced.
Ravi Jashnani,
president of the Maharashtra Plastic Manufacturers
Association, welcomed
the move to form a committee. "The government has opened up a window for
us," he said.
He said they had
apprised Fadnavis about the large scale recycling already happening in the
state. "We will take more steps to increase recycling," said Jashnani.
There is no doubt that the Plastic Industry will take
steps to increase recycling
As far as the question of “ Recycling
“ is concerned , I urge both parties ( Govt and the Plastic Manufacturers ) to
go through my following suggestions :
Discourage
Plastics : Encourage Greed [ 21
March 2016 ]
https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2016/03/discourage-plastics-encourage-greed.html
Same
Wavelength ? [ 02
May 2017 ]
https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/05/same-wavelength.html
Turning
a Threat into an Opportunity ? [ 23
Dec 2017 ]
https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/12/turning-threat-into-opportunity.html
But , let us not miss the wood for the tree !
Recycling is only a “ temporary cure “ . But , as
they say ( wisely ) :
“ Prevention is better than the cure “
And the only way we can “ Prevent
the Problem of Plastics Pollution “ , is to draw up a
permanent solution , as suggested in my following blog :
I urge , both the Govt Committee and the Plastic Manufacturers to conduct their negotiations in
a spirit of “ Give and Take “ , in order
to arrive at a permanent solution, which both parties firmly commit to and
which is legally binding
If they manage to strike such a deal , it would work
as a bench-mark for the Central Government to negotiate a similar deal for gradual dismantling of the Tobacco Industry over the next 10 years
17 April 2018
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