Green Initiatives for Plastic Waste Management

  • 7th April, 2022
  • The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) have launched the mascot 'Prakriti' and Green Initiatives for 'awareness on effective plastic waste management'.
  • These include the following green initiatives-
    • National Dashboard on Elimination of Single Use Plastics and Plastic Waste Management
    • Expanded Manufacturer Responsibility (EPR) Portal for Plastic Packaging
    • Mobile App for Single Use Plastic Grievance Redressal
    • Monitoring module for SUP
    • Industrial production of graphene from waste plastic
  • This will increase awareness among people about small changes related to nature which can be adopted in a sustainable way in lifestyle to improve the environment.
  • It is noteworthy that in February 2022, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change had also announced the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2022.
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