- elimination of Single use plastic & promote alternatives
- 4 categories ⤵️
1. Rigid Plastic / Packaging
- should be recycled
- recycling is mandatory
2. Flexible Plastic
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- mostly used as :
- Single use plastic
- disposable plastic
- soft packaging
- constitute 43% of plastic
- Govt. banned Single use plastic ➡️ in disposables
- 10 yr time has been given to replace flexible plastics to milk & other industries
- min. thickness to be 120µm
3. Multilayered Plastic
- recyclability is poor
- 7th category of resin standards
- given 10 yr time
4. Compostible / Biodegradable / Oxobiodegradable
- decomposed into non-damaging substance/residue
- degrade into less poisonous residue
- use ➡️ promoted
- converted ➡️ compost
- if given to composting facility
- can’t be thrown in open
- must reach the designated facility
- Extended Producer Responsibility
- all the plastic producer to register themselves
- to declare their plastic production
- same amt. to be collected in that year
- neutral plastic production
- incentives
- if extra plastic then
- Market Facilitation Scheme
- getting edge over competitors
- tax exemptions
- market share, market pricing
- Market Facilitation Scheme
- if extra plastic then
- Case Study: Cocacola
- all the plastic producer to register themselves