{"id":192894,"date":"2022-06-28T20:38:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T15:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=192894"},"modified":"2022-06-28T20:38:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T15:08:12","slug":"go-beyond-supply-curbs-to-squeeze-plastic-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/go-beyond-supply-curbs-to-squeeze-plastic-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Go beyond supply curbs to squeeze plastic waste"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> India\u2019s <strong>Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)<\/strong> is set to prohibit the manufacture, import, stocking, distribution and sale of single-use items w.e.f. 1 July, 2022.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What are the problems with plastic?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The plastic waste disposal has led to<strong> large-scale invasion<\/strong> in the natural environment. The entire ecosystems are at threat of being choked by the plastic materials that refuse to blend back into nature. For example, <strong>marine species<\/strong> are being killed by microplastics.<\/p>\n<p>As per the studies of<strong> the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)<\/strong>, there is a <strong>plastic<\/strong> <strong>output<\/strong> of 400 million tonnes per year. About 12% of it was burnt and only 9% recycled.<\/p>\n<p>India is among the <strong>top three generators <\/strong>of plastic waste, along with China and the US.<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s informal sector is very big. Therefore, it registers a patchy record on compliance.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What makes plastic so important?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The plastic is very <strong>cheap <\/strong>and<strong> affordable<\/strong>. It has succeeded because there is an <strong>economy of scale<\/strong> in its production.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What should be done?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>There should be emphasis on <strong>recycling<\/strong> because at present it is difficult to fully phase out the plastic as, there is an absence of substitute. In addition, the government has been organizing events like a<strong> \u201chackathon<\/strong>&#8221; to solve the problem of substitution.<\/p>\n<p>The curb on supply should go hand-in-hand with <strong>demand compression<\/strong>. Otherwise, it may adversely affect outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>There is a need for a <strong>broad attitudinal shift<\/strong> to play a major role. This can be done through campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, the UNEP has launched the \u201c<strong>Plastic is forever<\/strong>&#8221; initiative. It indicates, the plastic does not decompose.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article \u201c<strong>Go beyond supply curbs to squeeze plastic waste<\/strong>\u201d published in the Live Mint on 28<sup>th<\/sup> June 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: India\u2019s Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is set to prohibit the manufacture, import, stocking, distribution and sale of single-use items w.e.f. 1 July, 2022. What are the problems with plastic? The plastic waste disposal has led to large-scale invasion in the natural environment. The entire ecosystems are at threat of being choked by the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/go-beyond-supply-curbs-to-squeeze-plastic-waste\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Go beyond supply curbs to squeeze plastic waste<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10308,"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":[216,10501],"class_list":["post-192894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-live-mint","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192894","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\/10308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}