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Over the past 70 years, the annual production of plastics has increased almost 230 times, reaching 4600 million tons. This has been followed by a surge in plastic waste. Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental challenges in the world today.
In India,Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR).The problem of plastic waste is being tackled. The extended producer responsibility system refers to the responsibility that the producer should bear, not only in the production process of the product, but also extends to the entire life cycle of the product, especially after disposal and disposal。Under the current Extended Producer Responsibility System (EPR), vendors are required to report data on their plastic packaging and generate EPR credits.
This is a policy direction in India's Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, which makes producers responsible for the end-of-life disposal of their products. This means that manufacturers, brand owners and importers are legally obliged to manage the collection and disposal of their products in a harmless manner. The goal of EPR is to encourage producers to design more environmentally friendly products and to take responsibility for the entire life cycle of their products, including disposal.
India's EPR program divides plastic waste into four categories: Category 1: Rigid packaging plastics.
Category 2: Single- or multi-layer flexible plastic packaging, i.e. consisting of more than one layer of different types of plastic.
Category 3: Multi-layer plastic packaging, i.e. at least one layer of plastic and at least one layer of material other than plastic.
Category 4: Plastic sheets used for packaging and tote bags made of compostable plastic.
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Under India's regime, producers, importers, and brand owners (collectively referred to as PIBOs) operating in plastic packaging operations in India, regardless of their turnover or scale of operations, fall within the scope of the EPR regime. In the first few years, PIBO had low initial targets aimed at incentivizing stakeholder engagement, and these targets will continue to increase in the future, with the aim of promoting the reuse and recycling of more plastics in order to achieve greater circularity of the system.
In 2022, the EPR target for the use of plastics** in India is set at 3 million tonnes. Of these, Category 2 accounted for the largest share at 55% (1.6 million tonnes);followed by Category 1 at 33% (1 million tonnes);12% (300,000 tonnes) for category 3;Class 4 is only 10,833 tons.
According to the data, in 2022, all registered plastic waste processors in India produced a total of about 3.7 million EPR certificates. Each certificate represents** 1 tonne of plastic, with the largest proportion of Class 1 being reached, reaching 1.3 million certificates, exceeding the target of 1 million EPR certificates. In comparison, Category 2 generated only 900,000 EPR certificates, which means that the target of 1.6 million for 2022 was not met.
The goal of EPR is not only to ensure environmentally sound management, but also to encourage the production of eco-friendly products, emphasizing the entire life cycle of the product.
as a complement to this regulatory framework", ".Plastic credits"Provides an innovative, market-oriented approach. This mechanism incentivizes companies to actively invest in initiatives to proactively reduce or remove plastic waste from the environment, based on regulatory compliance.
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