- The Green Dot is a protected trademark used as a financing symbol for the organization of the collection, sorting, and recovery of packaging waste. - It was initiated in Germany in 1991 by Duales System Deutschland GmbH (DSD), the first nationwide dual system for collecting and recycling used packaging. - The system allows producers to fulfill their legal obligation to take back packaging after consumers have used the product.
Green Dot Programme means recycling of industrial polluted water began in which country?
Asked in MPSC CS Prelims 2021 · Topic: Pollution (Solid Waste Management: Types of waste (municipal, industrial, hazardous, e-waste), collection, treatment, disposal, policies.)
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