Plastic industry must take responsibility for their packaging waste instead of blaming consumers

Indian government must enforce stringent Extended Producer responsibility (EPR) rules to ensure that plastic producers and brand owners take back their plastic waste instead of shifting the blame to the consumers and costs to the local authorities.

The call was made by speakers at the India launch of ‘Talking Trash: The corporate playbook
of false solutions to the plastic crisis’ a new report from The Changing Markets Foundation that reveals how, behind a veil of nice-sounding initiatives and commitments to address the plastics crisis – the plastics industry, consumer brands, and retailers have obstructed and undermined proven legislative solutions to the crisis for decades.

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