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An Overview : EPR For Plastic Waste | How to Get EPR Certificate

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Shruti Chugh
An Overview : EPR For Plastic Waste | How to Get EPR Certificate

Want to know how to obtain an EPR for plastic waste? Click here to know - How to get EPR certificate, who needs it, and its responsibilities. Want to know how to obtain an EPR for plastic waste? Click here to know - How to get EPR certificate, who needs it, and its responsibilities.

The Draft Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2021, issued by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change raises the concern for appropriate plastic waste management. Plastic waste is one of the major contributors to pollution - which is why CPCB has implemented EPR for plastic waste management

Before understanding authorization and EPR for plastic management - let’s first understand some aspects of Plastic Waste in India (add as image)

  1. As per CPCB, in the year 2018-2019, India has generated 3.3 million tonnes of plastic waste.
  2. Total municipal solid waste was 55-65 million tonnes.
  3. Goa generates the highest plastic waste, which is twice if compared to the waste generated in NCT Delhi.
  4. Most of the country does not follow systematic plastic waste management.
  5. Plastics are being sold at much higher rates than they should be.

The above-mentioned points clear that plastic waste is one of the major challenges our economy is facing considering that it is not biodegradable. However, India has taken several steps for the purpose of environment preservation, which is clear from the fact that - India recycles over 60 percent of its plastic, as per the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) in its 2019 report. 

No doubt, plastic can be utilized in several ways ranging from shelf life for edibles to medical equipment and automotive, the usefulness of plastic can not be underestimated, however, so are its side effects.

That makes it our responsibility to systematically manage the plastic, not only during manufacturing but also when utilizing it.

With that, move to EPR authorization under Plastic (Waste Management) Rules, 2016 - that defines how plastic is affecting our food chain and could be a cause of life-threatening disea

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