New Delhi, Mar 8 (UNI) From January 2021, sanitary pad manufacturers will have to mandatorily provide packets for disposal of each pad, Union Information & Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Sunday.
"We have observed that production and usage of sanitary napkins and diapers has greatly increased in the country, however they are still being discarded in a way which is harmful to waste-pickers," Mr Javadekar said while interacting with female workers of SWaCH Pune, a wholly-owned workers’ cooperative on the occasion of International Women’s Day.
"We will implement the rule that January 2021 onwards all sanitary pad manufacturers will have to compulsorily give degradable bags for disposal of each sanitary napkin. This rule is already in existence but is not being followed by the manufacturers," the minister added.
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