Overview of EPR Action Plan for Plastic Waste
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a waste management approach introduced for the Producers, Importers and Brand Owners (PIBOs) and the Plastic Waste Processors in the Plastic Waste Management (PWM) Rules. They were identified as entities that introduce plastic into the consumer market and therefore were given the responsibility for the recycling of the waste generated […]
Plastic to Fuel Business: Plastic Waste to Energy Recovery
It may sound strange, but plastic waste can be converted into fuel. Several plastic to fuel businesses has already come up in urban India that use incineration and RDF-based combustion technologies such as pyrolysis and gasification to produce fuel from plastic. Plastic to Fuel Business is gradually becoming a lucrative business option in the plastic […]
Single-Use Plastic Ban in India – Meaning and Implications
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified a ban on single-use plastic. It has prohibited the production, stocking, distribution, sale and use of Single-Use Plastic Items (SUP) in the country. The notification regarding the ban came in September 2021 in the form of Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2021, and the Single-Use Plastic […]
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