Lok Sabha Question No. 1624 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: Plastic Waste Management Centres (PWMCs)
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, Girish Chandra

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1624

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2023

## Plastic Waste Management Centres (PWMCs)

## 1624.   SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY: SHRI GIRISH CHANDRA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken any initiatives to ensure strict implementation of plastic waste-handling  policies  and  norms  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor;
- (b) the number of Plastic Waste Management Centres (PWMCs) operational in the country;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to establish more PWMCs and if so, the details thereof, State wise; and
- (d) whether any PWMCs are proposed to be established in Andhra Pradesh and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE

## CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (d): The Plastic  Waste  Management Rules, 2016, as amended, provide the statutory framework  and  the  prescribed  authorities  for  enforcement  of  the  rules,  including  ban  on identified single use plastic items, which became effective from 1 st July 2022. Further, States and Union territories have been asked to undertake regular enforcement drives to implement ban on identified  single  use  plastic  items  and  on  plastic  carry  bags  having  thickness  less  than  one hundred twenty microns, covering fruit and vegetable markets, wholesale markets, local markets, flower vendors, units manufacturing plastic carry bags etc. States and UTs have also been asked to  undertake  random  checking  at  border  checkpoints  to  stop  inter-state  movement  of  banned single use plastic items. A one-month long pan India enforcement campaign was undertaken for implementation of ban on identified single use plastic items from 1 st to 31 st July 2022. Special pan India enforcement drives has undertaken in months of October, November and December, 2022 by Central Pollution Control Board, State Pollution Control Boards and Pollution Control Committees.

For effective monitoring of ban on identified single use plastic items and plastic waste management  in  the  country  the  following  online  platforms  are  in  operation  (a)  National Dashboard for monitoring of comprehensive action plan implementation, (b) CPCB Monitoring Module  for  Compliance  on  Elimination  of  Single  Use  Plastic,  and  (c)  CPCB  Grievance Redressal App.

The  enforceable  obligation  of  minimum  level  of  recycling  of  plastic  packaging  waste collected  under  extended  producer  responsibility  guidelines  will  further  strengthen  circular economy of plastic packaging waste and allow for development of the waste management sector through involvement of formal/informal sector.

The total number of registered plastic waste processors on the centralized EPR portal for plastic packaging is 1602.  As per information available on EPR portal there are 47 registered plastic waste processors in Andhra Pradesh, of which 35 are registered as plastic waste recyclers. The total number of registered producers, importers and brand owners on the centralized EPR portal  for  plastic  packaging  is  5000  with  an  EPR  target  of  22.37  Lakh  TPA.    Further,  as  per available  information  plastic  waste  management  units  are  also  created  under  Swachhh  Bharat Mission (Grameen) as per scheme guidelines.

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