Plastic Ban In India

The menace of plastic pollution cannot be mitigated without ensuring plastic-product manufacturers' stringent compliance with the extended producer responsibility

Cotton and jute are both vying for space in the domestic market after making global inroads; business goes beyond carry bags to embrace earbuds, thermacol, kitchenware. among others

The Delhi Pollution Control Committee set up a control room to monitor the implementation of the ban on 19 identified single-use plastic items and will start shutting units violating it from Monday

India ranks as the fifth-highest country in the generation of plastic waste with an annual discharge of 3.5 million tonne in fiscal year 2020, according to a note by Kotak Institutional Equities.

However, beverage companies have resorted to different measures to ensure that stocks in the supply chain are not sold with plastic straws

In a bid to implement the ban on single-use plastic smoothly, the Union environment ministry said that the state governments will initiate an enforcement campaign

Control rooms to be set up for implementation of the ministry order, says Bhupinder Yadav

Thermoformers and Allied Industries Association (TAIA) on Monday urged the government not to impose a blanket ban on single-use plastics from July 1 and instead do it in a phased manner. Plastic plates, cups, glasses and trays are made from single-use plastics and the imposition of a ban will stop the manufacturing of these products and kill the Rs 10,000-crore size industry that employs 2 lakh people directly and 4.5 lakh people indirectly, it said. Speaking to PTI, TAIA Secretary Bhavesh Bhojani said, "The products that we manufacture are 100 per cent recyclable but are put under the blanket ban. The relaxation has been given to manufacturers of carrying bags, bottles and multi-layered plastics (MLP) but not to us." Plastic carry bags and bottle makers have been given different specifications for phasing out the manufacturing of these products. For instance, manufacturers are allowed to produce 75 microns plastic carry bags till December 2022 and after that they have to shift to 1

Lack of will to comply and challenges in enforcing the rules and regulations have been an issue

The NGT had earlier said there was no proper mechanism for plastic waste management in the country and directed the CPCB to take necessary action in this regard.

India generated 26,000 tonnes per day of plastic waste in 2017-18, of that only 60 per cent was recycled and the rest ended up as litter on roads, in landfills or streams

The call for a mass movement came days after Modi's Independence Day's address in which he had urged people to shun 'single-use' plastic to protect the environment

Halol is India's hub of plastic bag and granule manufacturers. As public opinion turns against using plastics, small businesses and ordinary people are struggling to cope up

In an industry known more for industrial violence and lockouts, the excitement is palpable at the surge in demand, after decades of stagnation, whether from the government or from global retailers

Not only a large number of single-use plastics will be prohibited to be used on board Indian ships but will also be banned in foreign ships when in Indian waters

Supply of jute bags from jute ministry has remained patchy during the kharif marketing season, prompting the Food ministry to look for other alternatives

Listen to Jyoti Mukul and Ankur Bhardwaj as they discuss the questions surrounding a blanket ban on single-use plastics in this special Business Standard podcast

Ludlow Jute & Specialities, Star Paper Mills, Orient Paper & Industries and Ruchira Papers have seen their market value appreciate in the range of 50 to 150 per cent from their respective August lows.

Last week, as many as 14 stocks from the sector gained 10 per cent or above, as compared to a modest 0.64 per cent gain in the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex

The former Environment minister said the real problem was how to dispose of and recycle plastic waste