Plastic Manufacturers

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

Small businesses say they were not consulted about the restriction and they can't refuse customers

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

Industry grouse - 22 products have been banned although they are fully recyclable, while non-recyclable packaging used by FMCG firms have been let off

The draft rules propose to give manufacturers five years to achieve waste management targets, starting with 30% and moving up to 90% in the fifth year

Expanding distribution reach, value added products to help revenues, margins

Plastics less than five millimetres in length are called 'microplastics' and the relatively larger particles, of more than 5 mm, are classified as 'macroplastics'

The plastic ban in India, which had just started to take effect, has been substantially derailed given current needs and with enforcement systems looking the other way.

NGT bench set up fact-finding committee, to be headed by former AP High Court judge

India's share in the $1 trillion global plastic exports market is 1% currently, while China's is as much as 10%

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.

The govt had fixed a thickness criterion of 50 microns when the use of plastic carry bags was banned a couple of years ago.

Banned in Maharashtra and under attack in several states, the plastic industry has taken the digital route to lobby its case with customers and governments

Around 400,000 people to lose their employment, plastics manufacturers protest the government move

Plastic manufacturing and processing tends to be a low-margin business