{"id":28944,"date":"2018-10-24T15:52:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T10:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=28944"},"modified":"2018-10-24T15:52:06","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T10:22:06","slug":"life-in-plastic-on-waste-management-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/life-in-plastic-on-waste-management-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"Life in plastic: on waste management framework"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Life in plastic: on waste management framework<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Article:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The article discusses the issues with the waste management framework in India<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>Important Analysis:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Waste management legislation in India: Solid Waste Management Rules and Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016<\/li>\n<li><u>Issues:<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Poor implementation by state governments<\/li>\n<li>Not much concern among producers of plastic articles<\/li>\n<li>Around 60% of total 25000 tonnes of plastic waste generated each day is collected. Nearly 10000 tonnes thus released to the environment; majority flows to water bodies.<\/li>\n<li>Collected plastic not scientifically processed; collection, segregation and transfer not done properly<\/li>\n<li>Micro-plastic pollution which even pollutes drinking water<\/li>\n<li>Not much achieved in regulating usage of single-use plastics. E.g.: carry bags, cutlery<\/li>\n<li>Fraudulent products entering markets; Example: compostable bags \u2013 According Plastic Waste Management rules, manufactures of compostable bags need to get a certificate from Central Pollution Control Board<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Impact of plastic pollution:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Marine pollution; Threatens marine life<\/li>\n<li>Note: The Ganga-Bramhaputra- Meghna River System features on UN map of 10 rivers worldwide that carry a bulk of plastic waste to oceans<\/li>\n<li>Health hazard for people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><u>Voluntary efforts:<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Individuals, communities have taken initiatives to segregate waste, compost at home and run awareness programmes across social media platforms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><u>Suggestions:<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Reform in the waste management framework<\/li>\n<li>Anti-pollution rules should be effectively implemented<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life in plastic: on waste management framework Article: The article discusses the issues with the waste management framework in India Important Analysis: Waste management legislation in India: Solid Waste Management Rules and Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 Issues: Poor implementation by state governments Not much concern among producers of plastic articles Around 60% of total&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/life-in-plastic-on-waste-management-framework\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Life in plastic: on waste management framework<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704888685},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28944","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}