Govt. bans import of plastic waste |
In order to fulfill its commitment towards the cleaner and Greener India the Government in an important step towards tackling the menace of plastic waste in India, has completely banned import of solid plastic waste into the country. India generates 25,940 tonnes of plastic waste every day. Earlier, such import was partly banned as India did not prohibit the same in special economic zones. Besides, import of plastic waste was also allowed by export oriented units which used to procure it from abroad as post recycling resources. The country has now completely prohibited the import of solid plastic waste by amending the Hazardous Waste Management & Transboundary Movement Rules on March 1. The rules were amended keeping in view the huge gap between waste generation and recycling capacity in the country and also India`s commitment to completely phase out single use plastic by 2022. After being banned by China a few years ago, India had emerged as one of the world`s largest importers of plastic waste. Since there is no adequate capacity of recycling of plastic waste in the country, a huge quantity of such hazardous waste remains uncollected, causing substantial damage to soil and water bodies.
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