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Plastic waste management in India

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Plastic waste management in India

India is one of the biggest plastic consumers and producers of plastic with more than 20000 plastic industries which are producing plastic at any given point of time. Hence, this makes it necessary to have proper plastic waste management in India.

Up to 9% of plastic gets recycled, about 12% gets incinerated and up to 79% of plastic waste gets into land, water and ocean and pollutes the environment. This report is generated with experts and leading recyclers in this industry.

 

What is Plastic Waste Management?

As plastic use is increasing in India day by day, it is become one of the integral parts of our day-to-day life. After the use of plastic product, it is mainly discarded. Therefore, mainly like other products, there is a need to recycle plastic in a systematic and non-hazardous way.

This is when Plastic Waste Management comes in. It is the best way to recycle plastic waste into useful and innovative products which are also cost effective and also contributing towards sustainable development.

 

What are the benefits of Plastic Waste Management?

Following are the benefits of plastic waste management:

·        Reduces environmental damage

·        Reduces Toxic waste generation

·        Protection of animal species

·        Increased employment opportunities, etc

The Government has also implied the EPR / Extended Producer Responsibility rules to the Brand owners and producers. Under Extended Producer Responsibility, the producers and brand owners have to take back, the amount of plastic they send in the market, in any form and recycle it.

This step helps in reducing the plastic waste and recycling it into new products. For more details of EPR Registration visit our website. 

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