https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=16987 Extended Producer Responsibility, the Polluter Pays Principle and the Public Trust Doctrine support regulation of packaged drinking water's groundwater extraction and single-use plastic waste. Producers and brand owners should bear life-cycle responsibility for packaging through collection, recycling, traceable records and reporting, while pollution costs should be internalised. Proposed measures include scientific extraction limits, mandatory groundwater recharge, environmental audits, transparent EPR tracking, deposit-return systems, recyclable packaging design, recycled PET, refillable containers and public disclosure of extraction and recharge data. en-us Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:32:28 +0530 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:32:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=16987 Extended Producer Responsibility, the Polluter Pays Principle and the Public Trust Doctrine support regulation of packaged drinking water's groundwater extraction and single-use plastic waste. Producers and brand owners should bear life-cycle responsibility for packaging through collection, recycling, traceable records and reporting, while pollution costs should be internalised. Proposed measures include scientific extraction limits, mandatory groundwater recharge, environmental audits, transparent EPR tracking, deposit-return systems, recyclable packaging design, recycled PET, refillable containers and public disclosure of extraction and recharge data. Articles Environmental Law Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:32:28 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=16987