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: Why India has not been successful at eliminating plastic pollution #IndiaNEWS India wants its biggest plastic polluters to clean up their mess but new rules introduced in February 2022 have done little

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Why India has not been successful at eliminating plastic pollution #IndiaNEWS
India wants its biggest plastic polluters to clean up their mess but new rules introduced in February 2022 have done little to reduce plastic pollution. Only a proportion of producers, importers and brand owners have registered on a centralised portal that would track their plastic collection and recycling targets. While these targets are set by the government, they are based on the self-declared volume of plastic manufactured or imported by those brands. Further, achievement of these targets will be certified by recyclers, which might leave room for corruption. Companies also have the option of purchasing credits if they fail to meet their targets, which might lead to lax implementation. In effect, experts say, the rules will do little to end hazardous plastic waste. In February 2022, years after conceptualising Extended Producer Responsibility for plastic through the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, India notified guidelines for the policy. Based on the “polluter payp[KHZY[[^HۈۜX[]Yو[ZZ[YY[HX[H[[܈[][ۜˈHZY[[ݙXٜ[ܝ[[ۙ
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