CHENNAI: The empty bottle buyback scheme by Tasmac will be expanded to the entire state by September this year, according to a status report filed by Tasmac MD S Visakan before the division bench of justices N Sathish Kumar and D Bharatha Chakravarthy, on Wednesday. Tasmac stated the scheme was already enforced in Nilgiris, Coimbatore and Perambalur districts. It was extended to the Kanyakumari, Theni, Dharmapuri, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts.
It will be implemented in Cuddalore, Ariyalur, Pudukottai, Sivanganga, Ramanathapuram, Karur and Ranipet from May 1.
“Tasmac is taking all measures to implement the scheme in all the remaining districts before September 2024,” the report said.
Meanwhile, the bench said the number of vehicles climbing up the hills in Nilgiris district should be regulated.