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"We need more recycling facilities," the official admitted, claiming that now, just around 60% PET bottles were recycled. Bottles are processed to make fibre for clothing like t-shirts, in construction of roads and granules to make recycled plastic. Industry sources said there were around 700 recycling units in the organised and unorganised sector which process used PET bottles. The official added after the audit was completed, they would connect manufacturers and these units to upgrade their technology. The state's ban on disposable, single-use plastic and plastic products has introduced a buyback and refund scheme for milk polypacks and packaged drinking water bottles..