What Chennai should do with used liquor bottles
2 years, 6 months ago

What Chennai should do with used liquor bottles

The Hindu  

Recently, the Bihar government announced it would make glass bangles out of seized liquor bottles, establishing factories for the purpose, which would in turn further the goals of the Rural Livelihoods Promotion Programme. In May 2022, based on an order from the Madras High Court, the Nilgiris district administration implemented the “liquor bottle buyback” scheme, which seeks to prevent liquor bottles from ending up in forest areas and put a small sum in the pockets of those returning the bottles. Similarly, in 2019, the Kerala government asked the Kerala State Beverages Corporation Limited — better known as Bevco — to take back liquor bottles under the policy of ‘extended producer responsibility’. Making EPR mandatory Glass bottles are segregated based on the type they fit into — beer bottles, other liquor bottles, glass bottles of FMCG brands and broken glass bottles.

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Clinging to shards of hope: glass on a difficult recycling journey
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Clinging to shards of hope: glass on a difficult recycling journey

The Hindu  

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‘Dry’ Bihar to turn liquor bottles into glass bangles
2 years, 6 months ago

‘Dry’ Bihar to turn liquor bottles into glass bangles

The Hindu  

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Kerala tweaks liquor policy, allows IT parks to serve liquor
2 years, 11 months ago

Kerala tweaks liquor policy, allows IT parks to serve liquor

India TV News  

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