{"id":155480,"date":"2021-12-22T20:36:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T15:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=155480"},"modified":"2021-12-22T20:36:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T15:06:56","slug":"on-plastic-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/on-plastic-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"On Plastic pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Relevance:<\/strong> Plastic pollution<\/p>\n

News: <\/strong>India\u2019s track record in managing plastic pollution compares poorly with that of many other countries.<\/p>\n

The latest global Plastic Management Index<\/strong>, ranks India 20th among 25 major plastic-producing nations.<\/p>\n

What are the reasons?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Lack of infrastructure: <\/strong>According to the Central Pollution Control Board<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u2019s estimates, India produces 3.5 million tonnes of plastic waste every year. The per-head plastic generation, has doubled in the past five years. But the infrastructure for proper handling and disposal of the used plastic stuff has not expanded.<\/p>\n

Consequently, the plastic trash lands either at garbage dumping grounds or is scattered on roads, waterways, and other public places.<\/p>\n

Negligence in enforcing the regulations by local authorities and pollution control bodies: <\/strong>For instance, \u201cExtended Producer Responsibility<\/strong>\u201d principle that binds the stakeholders to collect the same amount of plastic as they generate for proper recycling or disposal remains largely on paper.<\/p>\n

What are the negative implications?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The problem concerns mostly the single-use plastic products that tend to last in the ecosystem almost forever because of their non-biodegradable nature.<\/p>\n

Impact on Environment<\/strong>: The discarded plastic items, causes traffic hazards or blocking drains, inundating the surrounding areas.<\/p>\n

Impact on Live stocks<\/strong>: Stray cattle die, in trying to ingest plastic bags.<\/p>\n

Impact on Humans<\/strong>: Human beings also run the risk of plastic toxicity on consuming food items, especially cooked food, packed in non-food grade plastic containers.<\/p>\n

What are the steps taken?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The government had announced phasing out single-use plastic carry bags<\/strong> with thickness of less than 50 microns, by September 2021 and other items by the end of 2022.<\/p>\n

India had piloted, and got passed, a resolution at the 4th<\/sup> United Nations Environment Assembly in 2019<\/strong> to mitigate the menace of single-use plastic pollution at global level.<\/p>\n

The Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, the has been updated recently, contains several well-advised measures to control plastic pollution.<\/p>\n

Few consumer goods companies using plastic materials have prepared plans to reduce their plastic footprint<\/strong> to turn plastic-neutral in a phased manner.<\/p>\n

What is the way forward?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

At present, the bulk of the plastic rubbish is handled by the unorganised sector, including rag-pickers and waste-dealers (kabadiwalas). They need to be made part of the overall plastic waste management system<\/strong>, as they are serving essentially as aggregators of junked plastic stuff.<\/p>\n

The governments and pollution control boards at both Central and state levels has to ensure strict implementation of plastic waste-handling policies <\/strong>and norms<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong> This post is based on the article \u201cPlastic pollution\u201d<\/strong> published in Business Standard<\/strong> on 22nd<\/sup> \u00a0\u00a0Dec<\/strong> 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Relevance: Plastic pollution News: India\u2019s track record in managing plastic pollution compares poorly with that of many other countries. The latest global Plastic Management Index, ranks India 20th among 25 major plastic-producing nations. What are the reasons? Lack of infrastructure: According to the Central Pollution Control Board\u2019s estimates, India produces 3.5 million tonnes of plastic… Continue reading On Plastic pollution<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10316,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[10503,216],"class_list":["post-155480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-business-standard","tag-gs-paper-3","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155480","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\/10316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}