CAP asks Chief Commissioner to end PET bottle retail scare
The Consumer Association of Pakistan says some shops stopped stocking drinks in recyclable PET bottles after mixed messages, and wants the Chief Commissioner to confirm they remain legal.
CAP’s Islamabad chapter has asked Chief Commissioner Sohail Ashraf to clarify rules on recyclable PET bottles at retail level.
Chairman Riaz Asher Siddiqui said some shopkeepers stopped stocking water, juices and soft drinks in PET bottles out of caution.
CAP says the ICT Single-Use Plastics (Prohibition) Regulations 2023 ban six items only, not PET bottles.
Pak-EPA’s Dr Zaigham Abbas has said there is no ban on PET and that this was conveyed to the ICT Administration.
CAP asked that no coercive action be taken against retailers until an expert meeting next week.