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PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT

 Current Affair

• CPCB has pulled up 52 companies for not specifying a timeline or plan to collect the plastic waste they generate.

Current situation

• Haven’t registered at the online portal
• Disclosed their disposal plans

Basis of action

• Plastic waste management 2016
• Environment protection Act, 1986.

PWMR, 2016

•  Minimum thickness
• Jurisdiction
• Extended Producers Responsibly
• Plastic Waste Management fee
•  Gainful utilisation
•  Responsibility on waste generators
•  Local bodies
•  Retailers and street vendors

 Way Ahead

• Waste cooperatives
• Incentivise consumers

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