Reports in Karnataka papers highlight that the pyrolysis pollution problem is persistent
India’s Central Pollution Control Board was supposed to have taken charge of India’s pyrolysis pollution situation by clamping down of polluting pyrolysis plants. In 2019, the CPCB issued closure notices to some 270 plants that were not following the country’s Standard Operating Practice (SOP).
Yet, three years down the line the State of Karntataka is reported to still have 19 such plants operating.
Karnataka’s State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) was supposed to manage the comp...
