Hazardous recycling: 7 warehouses de-sealed after apology

GUJRANWALA: The Environment Protection Department on Friday issued orders to de-seal seven warehouses of businesses that purchased plastic waste from hospital to manufacture pacifiers for children’s milk bottles from it. The district coordination office spokesman said that the de-sealing orders were issued after the owners of the warehouses submitted written apologies and undertakings saying that they will abstain from using plastic waste in manufacturing the pacifiers. The warehouses were sealed four days ago after environment inspectors raided them.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 9^th, 2013.