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Disquiet as some millers flout plastic packaging order

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Beans packaged in plastic. [iStockphoto]

Despite the National Environment Management Authority's (Nema) warnings issued in November last year regarding the illegal use of secondary packaging in plastic bags, the continued non-compliance by businesses has put the country's regulatory watchdog in the spotlight.

While striving to adhere to principles of sustainability, ethical millers find themselves at a disadvantage, The Standard has learned.

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