Vidyadhar Gadgil wrote : >The only way to tackle this problem meaningfully is to zero in on the producers, and make them responsible for the plastic >they produce. The two main offenders are mineral water and carbonated water manufacturers. Why can't legislation be >brought in, making them responsible for the rubbish they produce? What Vidyadhar Gadgil has written is completely true. Plastic bottles and bags in Goa is today a sickening menace (literally). In Chorao, lots and lot of plastic mineral water bottles enter with the tide into Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary. Big companies make huge profits from selling their products in PET bottles but have no responsibility towards the the environment which their empty bottles are destrying. If unwilling to clean up, maybe a movement by all environmentally-concious public in Goa can bring legislation to ban plastics? If the Indian state of Sikkim is sucesful to ban plastics, why not our Goa? I heard these manufacturers pay our corrupt politicians to not ban plastics. Any comments, specially from any politicians on this list? sonia
