HP Imposes Ban On Use Of Non-Biodegradable Material For Food Packaging

The Himachal Pradesh High Court vacated the stay on the state government’s notification dated June 26, 2013  and directed it to implement the notification banning the storage, supply, sale and entry of non-essential food items packaged in plastic and non-biodegradable material with effect from January 26, 2014. This excludes packaged and mineral drinking water. The…