New Delhi: According to a study, More than 1,21,000 metric tonne (MT) of plastic waste is being "slyly" imported in India by recyclers and companies, which is adversely affecting the efforts to curtail plastic pollution. The study which was conducted by NGO Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Smriti Manch (PDUSM), informed that 55,000 metric tonne of plastic waste is being imported from Pakistan and Bangladesh in India.

"Over 55,000 MT plastic waste is imported from Pakistan and Bangladesh combined. The import is taking place from more than 25 countries which include the middle east, Europe and the USA," it stated. "The Indian recyclers and plastic companies are slyly importing used PET plastic bottles in the form of flakes and lumps, while tons of plastic waste generated every day remain untreated and dumped into landfills and oceans," it added.