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KOLKATA: As a major step towards curbing the use of plastic, the Bengal government is planning to come up with a new rule for packaging of liquor in the state that would ban the use of plastic bottles. It is being considered that liquor will only be packaged in glass bottles, and not in PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles. If everything goes as planned, then the new norms of packaging will become applicable for both country spirit and Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL). This came when the National Green Tribunal had directed concerned authorities to further consider the issue of use of plastic bottles and multi layered plastic packages for packaging of carbonated soft drinks, liquor and other items. According to experts, the possibility of liquor becoming carcinogenic when stored in plastic bottles cannot be ruled out..