Supermarkets collecting polythene bag levies without environmental benefits, SC told

Daily Mirror reports that the Centre for Environmental Justice moved the Supreme Court, asking it to direct authorities to establish a mechanism for a government-administered levy on single-use plastic and polythene bags.

According to Daily Mirror, the request is intended to curb increasing environmental pollution. The outlet’s headline says supermarkets are collecting polythene-bag levies without environmental benefits; it does not provide further details about those collections or the proposed mechanism.

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