Dehradun, Sept. 4 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 3 Sep: Pilgrims on the Char Dham Yatra 2026 have returned over 10 lakh containers for recycling across Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri between 19 April and 26 August this year, part of an on-ground initiative that lets pilgrims deposit and return QR-tagged bottles and packaging to keep the Himalayan pilgrimage circuit free of waste, according to figures released by the yatra administration.

The initiative allows pilgrims to deposit and return QR-tagged bottles and multi-layered packaging (MLP) at designated collection points along all four Dham routes, with the aim of keeping the Himalayan pilgrimage circuit and the rivers that begin there free of packaging waste.

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