{"id":141036,"date":"2021-10-13T19:46:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T14:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=141036"},"modified":"2021-10-20T14:08:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T08:38:19","slug":"govt-announces-plastic-waste-recycling-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/govt-announces-plastic-waste-recycling-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt announces Plastic Waste recycling targets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
What is the news?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Recently the Environment Ministry has issued draft guidelines<\/strong> for controlling the use of plastic. The notification was expected to come into force by December 6 and, as of now, was open to public feedback.<\/p>\n

What are the various categories under it?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

These divide the guidelines into three categories.<\/p>\n

Rigid plastics<\/strong>: These are plastic products that do not give easily when squeezed. For example, many large and bulky items like lawn chairs, buckets, toddler toys etc.<\/p>\n

Flexible: <\/strong>It contains packaging of a single layer or multilayer, plastic sheets and covers made of plastic sheet, carry bags (including carry bags made of compostable plastics), plastic sachet or pouches.<\/p>\n

Multilayer: <\/strong>It consists of products that have at least one layer of plastic and at least one layer of material other than plastic.<\/p>\n

What are the new rules?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Mandatory collection<\/strong>: They mandate producers of plastic packaging material to collect all of their produce by 2024. It aims to ensure that a minimum percentage of it is recycled and used in subsequent supply.<\/p>\n

EPR Certificates<\/strong>: It has also specified a system where makers and users of plastic packaging can collect Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) certificates<\/strong> and trade in them.<\/p>\n

Disposal<\/strong>: Only a fraction of plastic that cannot be recycled such as multi-layered multi-material plastics will be eligible to be sent for end-of-life disposal such as road construction, waste to energy, and waste to oil and cement kilns.<\/p>\n

Here too, only methods prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)<\/a>\u00a0will be permitted for their disposal.<\/p>\n

Centralized website<\/strong>: Producers of plastic will have to declare to the government how much plastic they produce annually, via a centralized website.<\/p>\n

What are the targets for collection and recycling?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Targets for Collection<\/strong>: Companies will have to collect at least 35% of the target in 2021-22, 70% by 2022-23 and 100% by 2024.<\/p>\n

Targets for recycling<\/strong>: In 2024, a minimum of 50% of their rigid plastic (category 1) will have to be recycled along with 30% of their category 2 and 3 plastic.<\/p>\n

Each subsequent year will see progressively higher targets. After 2026-27, 80% of their category 1 and 60% of the other two categories<\/strong> will need to be recycled.<\/p>\n

What if entities fail to fulfil the rules?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

If entities cannot fulfill their obligations, then they will be permitted to buy certificates on a “case by case” basis<\/strong>. They can make up for their shortfall from organizations that have used recycled content in excess of their obligation. The CPCB will develop a \u201cmechanism\u201d for such exchanges on a centralized online portal.<\/p>\n

Non-compliance would not invite a traditional fine. Instead, an \u201cenvironmental compensation<\/strong>\u201d would be levied.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong> This post is based on the article \u201cGovt announces Plastic Waste recycling targets\u201d <\/strong>published in The Hindu <\/strong>on 13th<\/sup> October 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is the news? Recently the Environment Ministry has issued draft guidelines for controlling the use of plastic. The notification was expected to come into force by December 6 and, as of now, was open to public feedback. What are the various categories under it? These divide the guidelines into three categories. Rigid plastics: These… Continue reading Govt announces Plastic Waste recycling targets<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5480,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[8659,398,2636,10298,9296],"class_list":["post-141036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-environmental-pollution","tag-plastic-pollution","tag-plastic-waste","tag-plastic-waste-recycling","tag-pollution-mitigation","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700771317,"cached_date":1704930519},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5480"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}