Proceedings of the NDIEAS-2024 International Symposium on New Dimensions and Ideas in Environmental Anthropology-2024 (NDIEAS 2024)

India on Track to Plastic Waste Management – A Diversity of Challenges and Regulatory Innovations

Authors
Mrinalini Banerjee1, *, Abhay Singh2, Sanjeevi Shanthakumar3
1Assistant Professor of Law, National Law University Odisha, Cuttack, India
2Assistant Professor of Law, Gujarat Maritime University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
3Director, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, India
*Corresponding author. Email: mrinalini@nluo.ac.in
Corresponding Author
Mrinalini Banerjee
Available Online 13 June 2024.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-255-2_35How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Hazardous Materials; India; Stakeholders; Plastic regulation laws; Environment
Abstract

Plastic is an essential item of every Indian household and during this pandemic the usage of plastic is unavoidable. India produces almost 3.3 MMT of plastic waste every year which is quite alarming. This article provides a comparative analysis of the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2021 (12th August 2021) to the Plastic Waste Rules, 2016 focusing on the concept of Extended Producers Responsibility. The paper showcases an examination of how the phasing out of all Single-Use Plastics (SUP) by 2023 would be accepted by the vendors. The authors have also analysed the existing Indian judicial developments concerning plastic usage and address the following research questions with recommendations:

How effective are the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2021, 2022 and 2023?

What are the fundamental obstacles that the vendors will face to phase out Single-Use Plastics by 2023?

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the NDIEAS-2024 International Symposium on New Dimensions and Ideas in Environmental Anthropology-2024 (NDIEAS 2024)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
13 June 2024
ISBN
978-2-38476-255-2
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-255-2_35How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2024 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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