Ram Vilas Paswan asks bottled water industry to find suitable alternative for single use plastic bottles

Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has asked manufacturers of packaged drinking water, like Pepsi and Coco Cola, to come up with alternative packaging in the next three days. Mr Paswan yesterday held a meeting with bottled water industry and various government departments in New Delhi to find a suitable alternative for single-use plastic bottles for drinking water. Talking to reporters, Mr Paswan said, an inter-ministerial committee, under the chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary, ...