Summary:
I have asked the milk dairies to submit a buyback mechanism plan in the next two months. Now, the milk dairies have been asked to submit details of plastic pouches ordered from manufacturers. DAYS AFTER dairies in the state threatened to stop the sale of milk in plastic pouches, the government on Tuesday asked the dairies to submit a detailed plan to put in place a mechanism for buyback of milk pouches from consumers, within the next two months. Shiv Sena leader and Environment Minister Ramdas Kadam said that there is no ban on the use of plastic pouches for milk. “Despite the lapse of the deadline, we were not insisting that milk dairies come up with a buyback mechanism considering the ongoing crisis in the sector,” said the official..