Lok Sabha Question No. 3575 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-20
Subject: Closure of Plastic Manufacturing Units
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3575

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2021

## Closure of Plastic Manufacturing Units

## 3575.  DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is advising from time-to-time not to use plastic bags;
- (b) if  so,  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  closethe  manufacturing  units  of  plastic bags;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of losses caused by use of plastic?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (d):The Ministry has notified the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, vide GSR NO. 571 (E) on 12th August 2021, in the Gazette of India, prohibiting identified single use plastic items, which have low utility and high littering potential, by 2022.

As far as, plastic carry bags are concerned,the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, prohibits manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of plastic carry bags having thickness less than seventy five microns with effect from 30th September, 2021, and having thickness less thanthickness of one hundred and twenty microns with  effect  from  the  31st  December,  2022.Further,  over  and  above  the  Plastic  Waste Management Rules, 2016, as amended, thirty four states/UTs have issued notifications/ordersto  introduce  regulations  pertaining  to  complete  or  partial  ban  on  plastic carry bags and/or identified single-use plastic items. The details are annexed.

The Central Pollution Control Boardin its report on 'Impact of Plastic Waste Disposal on Soil and Water Quality at Lucknow Dumpsites' had found that dumping of plastic waste can deteriorate soil and underground water quality due to leaching of additives, colourants, stabilizers and fillers present in the different categories of plastic products.

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## Annexure

## Notification for banning manufacture, use, sale import and handling of single use plastic products

(Based on the data available in submitted Annual reports by SPCBs/PCCs)

|   S. No | Name of State/UT               | Complete or Partial Ban   | Date of Gazette or Executive Order   | Remarks                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|---------|--------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands      | Complete ban              | 02.08.2010 (Gazette)                 | Complete ban on manufacture, store, import, distribution, transportation, recycle, sell & use of plastic carry bags.                                                                                                                         |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh                 | Not Banned                | Not Available                        | Not Banned                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh              | Complete ban              | 03.07.2012 (Executive Order)         | Complete ban on manufacture, store, import, transportation, sell& use of polythene/plastic carry bags                                                                                                                                        |
|       4 | Assam                          | Complete Ban              | 30.04.2019 (Gazette)                 | Plastic carry bags, banners, buntings, cups, cling films, flex, flags, plates, sheets (used for spreading on dining tables irrespective of thickness) including the above items made of thermocol and plastic which use plastic micro beads. |
|       5 | Bihar                          | Complete ban              | 11.12.2018 (Gazette)                 | Complete ban on manufacture, store, import, transportation, sell& use of plastic carry bags                                                                                                                                                  |
|       6 | Chandigarh                     | Complete ban              | 30.07.2008 (Gazette)                 | Complete ban on manufacture, storage, import, sale, use transportation & disposal of plastic carry bags                                                                                                                                      |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh                   | Complete ban              | 24.12.2014 (Gazette)                 | Complete ban on manufacture, store, import, transportation, recycle, sell & use of polythene/plastic carry bags.                                                                                                                             |
|       8 | Daman Diu & Dadra Nagar Haveli | Complete ban              | 24-01-2014 & 22.09.2017 (Gazette)    | Forbidding the use, sale/ storage of all kinds of plastic bags                                                                                                                                                                               |
|       9 | Delhi                          | Complete ban              | 23.10.2012 (Gazette)                 | Complete ban on manufacture, import,store, sell & use of plastic products (poly Propylene, non-woven fabric type carry bags), plastic film or plastic tube to pack or cover any book including magazine & invitation/greeting cards.         |
|      10 | Goa                            | Partial ban               | 16.03.2015                           | Government imposed ban on Manufacture, stock, import, transportation, recycle, sale & use of plastic (carry bags, cups, forks, paper plates, spoons) in ChorlaGhat area Mandi Wildlifesanctuaries .                                          |
|      11 | Gujarat                        | Partial ban               | 28.06.2011 (Gazette)                 | Complete ban on plastic products in Gandhi Nagar                                                                                                                                                                                             |

|   12 | Haryana          | Complete ban                 | 20.08.2013 (Gazette)                                                                                                                   | Complete ban on manufacture, stock, import, transportation, recycle, sell & use of plastic (carry bags, cups, forks, paper plates, straws, spoons& containers for the usage of foodstuffs)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|------|------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   13 | Himachal Pradesh | Complete Ban                 | 07-07-2009 & 13-08-2009 (Gazette)                                                                                                      | Complete ban on use of Carry bags (irrespective of size), polythene, non- biodegradable material, disposable plastic cups, plates, and glasses                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|   14 | Jammu & Kashmir  | Complete Ban                 | 03.01.2017 (SRO 45 order- Notification) Jammu District Magistrate has on 01.10.2020 ordered strict enforcement of SRO 45 notification. | Complete ban on manufacture, stocking, distribution, sale and use of polyethylene carry bags, plastic sheets or like, cover made of plastic sheet, plastic packaging and multilayered packaging less than fifty microns in thickness within territorial limits of the State of Jammu and Kashmir.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|   15 | Jharkhand        | Complete Ban                 | 17.10.2017 (Gazette)                                                                                                                   | Complete ban on manufacture, import, storage, transport, sell and usage of plastic carry bags in the whole State                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|   16 | Karnataka        | Complete ban                 | 11.03.2016 (Gazette)                                                                                                                   | State government banned the plasticbanners, buntings, carry bags (plastic & compostable), cups, cling films, flex, flags, plates, spoons & sheets made of plastic or Thermocol and microbeadsusage in the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|   17 | Kerala           | 01.01.2020 (Executive Order) | 22.11.2010 (Executive Order)                                                                                                           | entire state Complete ban on the manufacture, storage, transport and sale of plastic carry bags( irrespective of thickness); plastic sheets( used as table spread); plates, cups and decorative materials made of thermocol/stryrofoam; SUP items like cups, plates, dishes, spoons, forks, straw, stirrer; plastic coated paper cups, plastic coated paper plates, plastic coated paper bowls, plastic coated paper bags; Non woven bags, plastic flags, plastic bunting; plstic water pouches, non branded plastic juice packets ; plastic juice packets; PET/PETE bottles of drinking water of capacities less than 500 ml; garbage bags (plastic); PVC flex materials and plastic packets. |
|   18 | Ladakh           | Partial Ban                  | (Order no-40- LA (GAD) of 2020 dated 23.06.2020)                                                                                       | Ban on the use of plastic water bottles and other plastic made objects in Government offices and other institutions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|   19 | Lakshadweep      | Complete                     | 25.01.2019                                                                                                                             | Complete ban on use, store & sale of plastic                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

|    |                | ban          | (Gazette)                                                 | carry bags of all thickness, plastic coated carry bags, plastic flags, plastic sheets/films used for wrapping, plastic sheets used as dining table covers, thermocol cups and plates, plastic coated paper cups and plates, plastic teacups, plastic tumblers, plastic teacups, water pouches/packets/PET plastic water bottles, straws,                                |
|----|----------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | Complete ban | 24-05-2017 (Gazette)                                      | Production, Storage, Transportation, sale & use of plastic carrybags.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 21 | Maharashtra    | Complete Ban | 23-03-2018 (Gazette) Amendment 11th April, 2018           | Complete ban in the whole State for manufacture, usage, sale storage,transport, and distribution, wholesale & retail, import of the plastic& compostable bags and the disposable products manufactured from plastic &thermocol (polystyrene) - disposable dish/spoon, cups, bowl, container, fork, plates, glasses, straw, non- woven polypropylene bags, cups/pouches. |
| 22 | Manipur        | Complete Ban | 12.9.2017 Notification no. 56/38/99 for&Envt              | Complete ban on use, store & sale of plastic carry bags                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 23 | Meghalaya      | Partial Ban  | 16.2.2017 Notification No. MPCB/TB- 144B/2016- 2017/79    | Use and sale of plastic bags less than 50 microns has been prohibited and public notice has been issued                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 24 | Mizoram        | Partial Ban  | With effect from 1.8.2019 By Aizwal Municipal Corporation | Complete ban on plastic carry bags below 50 microns                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 25 | Nagaland       | Complete ban | 01.01.2004 (Gazette)                                      | Complete ban on use, store & sale of plastic carry bags                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 26 | Odisha         | Partial ban  | 29.09.2018 (Executive Order)                              | Ban on use and sale of plastic carry bags, bottled drinking water Polyethylene Terephthalate bottles of less than 200 ml capacity; SUP disposable cutleries like thermocol (polystyrene), dish/spoon, cups, bowl, container, fork, glasses & plates in Bhubaneshwar, Berhampur, Cuttack, Puri, Rourkela &Sambalpur                                                      |
| 27 | Puducherry     | Complete ban | 30.07.2019                                                | (i) Polythene/Plastic/Polypropylene carry bags; (ii) Polythene/Plastic/Styrofoam (Thermocol) cups; (iii) Polythene/Plastic/Styrofoam (Thermocol) plates; (iv) Plastic sheet pouches used for                                                                                                                                                                            |

|    |               |              |                              | cooked food wrapping; (v) Plastic sheets used for spreading on dining table; (vi) Water pouches; (vii) Plastic straw; (viii) Plastic flag.                                                                                   |
|----|---------------|--------------|------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 28 | Punjab        | Complete ban | 18.02.2016 (Gazette)         | Complete ban on Manufacture, stock, distribute, recycle, sale & use of plastic carry bags.                                                                                                                                   |
| 29 | Rajasthan     | Complete ban | 01.08.2010 (Gazette)         | Complete ban on use, store & sale of plastic carry bags                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 30 | Sikkim        | Complete ban | 19.05.2016 (Gazette)         | Complete ban on sale & use, storage of disposable items (cups, plates, spoons, containers, etc..) made from Styrofoam.                                                                                                       |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu    | Complete Ban | 01.01.2019 (Gazette)         | Complete ban on manufacture, sell, use, storage, Transportation and distribution of 'Single-use plastics' i.e. plastic carrybags, flags, sheets using for food wrapping, straws, tea cups, tumblers, water packets & pouches |
| 32 | Telangana     | Not Banned   | Not Available                | Not Banned                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 33 | Tripura       | Complete ban | 10.03.2015 (Gazette)         | Complete ban on Sell, use, storage, Transportation & import of plastic carrybags (including polypropylene, non-woven fabric type) plastic tube to pack or cover any book including magazine & invitation/greeting            |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | Complete ban | 22.12.2015 (Gazette)         | cards. Sell, use, Storage, Transportation & import of plastic carrybags (including polypropylene, non-woven fabric type) plastic tube to pack or cover any book including magazine & invitation/greeting cards.              |
| 35 | Uttarakhand   | Complete Ban | 01.01.2017 (Gazette)         | Sell, use, storage& Transportation, of plastic carry bags.                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 36 | West Bengal   | Partial ban  | 11.01.2018 (Executive Order) | Completely banned in religious and historical places.                                                                                                                                                                        |