The Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to ban sale of ‘junk food’ in non bio-degradable packs from April 1 but exempted essential items like edible oil and milk from the ban.
A Division Bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjay Karool directed that the list of non-essential items (junk food), identified by committee set up by the High Court, are not to be sold in non-biodegradable packing. The items included chips, wafers, biscuits, namkeen, candy, chewing gum, ice cream, chocolates, noodles, sugary cereals, among other items.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/hc-tells-himachal-govt-ban-cookies-chips-polythene-packs
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/indian-express-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/himachal-pradesh
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/plastics
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/high-court
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/non-biodegradable-waste
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/junk-food
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodegradable-waste
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/solid-waste
