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PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT

Plastic Waste Management Rules were published in March 2016. Thereafter there have been amendments in March 2018, August and September 2021, February and July 2022, April 2023 and in March 2024

PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES

By : MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

SERVICES PROVIDED IN E-WASTE MANAGEMENT

  1. GEM and its group entities have built infrastructure for collecting & recycling plastic waste.
  2. Established a recycling capacity exceeding 200,000 MT nationwide.
  3. Managing 50+ Collection Centres and Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs).
  4. Partnering with 40+ Producer Waste Partners (PWPs).
  5. Operating across all States and Union Territories in India.

SERVICES PROVIDED IN PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT AND EPR FULFILMENT

Coordinating the collection and recycling of all kinds of pre and post- consumer waste
 
Assisting organizations in designing policy framework and fulfillment of EPR liabilities as per PWM 2016 and amendments Awareness programs

PLASTIC WASTE CATEGORY

CATEGORY I

Rigid plastic packaging

Example: PET bottles such as Pepsi bottles, hard plastic containers (HDPE) such as Plastic mugs or shampoo bottles and many more.

Flexible plastic packaging

Example: LDPE such as Bread or milk packets, PP such as ice-cream cups, BOPP Films used for food packaging, PVC such as PVC pipes and many more..

Multilayered plastic packaging (MLP)

Example: MLP such as Chips or Maggie packets and many more..

 Beverage Carton (Tetra)

Example: TETRA packs such as Frooti or Real juice and many more ..

 Compostable Plastics

Example: Any packaging made of compostable plastics and many more..

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