Summary:
As a result, instead of ending up at waste treatment plants these plastic bags are now seen disposed carelessly on roads and crossings. A wholesaler in Kaiserbagh, Vineet Gupta, said, “Earlier, 80% of the polythene collected from garbage used to be recycled every day. Earlier, we used to get Rs 30 for every kilogram of polythene, today we are getting just half of the amount. Unlike earlier, they are of no use to us now because of the lower return. (With inputs from Pranchal Srivastava, Triya Gulati and Aparnika Srivastava).