with drinking water from public taps but today water contamination has been hammered in so much that no one would dare to do so chauhan says that packaging does add value to a product so it became rampant plastic has made it possible to pack even 25gms of any item we cant even think of tin containers in which ghee and oil used to be sold in those days he addedthere is no alternate to plastic when it comes to packing food according to ajit divadkar who runs a bakery and confectionery store i remember till the late 60s wax paper was used to pack breads and biscuits but it was not as good as plastic because the edges would not stick and open up we used to pack snacks in brown paper bags but the food would spoil fast plastic gave a boost to food entrepreneurs and i feel it is the consumer who should be punished for abusing plastic so much he says