Central Railways ponders means to deal with plastic bottles

Central Railways ponders means to deal with plastic bottles

Environment; plastic pollution

News

1. On the wake of plastics ban  in Maharashtra from June, central railways are exploring the ways to dispose of its plastic bottles.

Important Analysis

1. Challenges:

• Dispose of stored plastic bottles.
• there is no mechanism of collecting the old bottles
• Use of plastic containers entering Maharashtra from other States.

2. Steps to be taken by railway

• Implementing a buyback policy for plastic bottles
• Installing plastic bottle crushing machines at major stations.
• Replace plastic cups with suitable paper or equivalent bio-degradable options at water-vending machines

3. There is still no clarification regarding the implementation of buy back policy.