Lok Sabha Question No. 2136 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-09
Subject: Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2024
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Bastipati Nagaraju

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2136

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2024

## Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2024

## 2136.   SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU:

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

- (a) the  details  of  the  number  of  Producers,  Importers  and  Brand-Owners  (PIBOs) registered under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2024, during the last three years and the current year, State-wise, especially from the State of Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the  details  of  the  PIBOs  who  have  failed  to  meet  their  Extended  Producer Responsibility (EPR) during the said period, State-wise especially from the State of Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) the details of the plastic waste generated and recycled during the said period, Statewise especially from the State of Andhra Pradesh;
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  take  any  measures  to  ensure  scientific calculation of plastic waste generation in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes any measures to ensure uniformity across the States with respect to the methodology used for calculating plastic waste generated under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2024 and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

- (a): The  number  of  Producers,  Importers,  and  Brand  owners  (PIBOs)  registered  on  the Centralized EPR portal till October, 2024 state-wise data including Andhra Pradesh, as per information  available  on  Centralized  Extended  producer  Responsibility  portal  for  plastic packaging, is given at Annexure I.
- (b) As per information available on Centralized Extended producer Responsibility portal for plastic packaging, who have not submitted Annual Return (AR) for FY 2022-23 and FY 2023-24 is given below:

| Category    |   Total No. PIBOs registered in FY 2022-23 and 2023-24 |   No of PIBOs, not filed AR for FY 22-23 |   No of PIBOs, not filed AR for FY 2023-24 |
|-------------|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Producer    |                                                   4290 |                                      605 |                                       1943 |
| Importer    |                                                  30533 |                                     2531 |                                      18356 |
| Brand Owner |                                                   2655 |                                      119 |                                        720 |
| Total       |                                                  37478 |                                     3255 |                                      21019 |

The state-wise break up including for Andhra Pradesh is given at Annexure II.

(c)  A total of 2,614 Plastic Waste Processors (PWPs) have been registered till date and 88.62 lakh  tonnes  of  EPR  certificates  have  been  generated  in  FY  2022-23  and  2023-24  as  per information available on the Centralized EPR portal. The state-wise details of plastic waste generated  and  EPR  certificates  generated  through  registered  plastic  waste  processors,  after processing of plastic packaging waste, are given at Annexure III.

(d) & (e): The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2024 on 14 th  March 2024 vice GSR No. 201 (E) in Gazette of India, wherein urban local bodies for urban areas and District Panchayats for rural areas have been mandated to provide quantitative information on plastic waste management, including generation of plastic waste and projection of plastic waste to be generated for a period of five years as per methodology developed by Central Pollution Control Board.

In  compliance  with  Plastic  Waste  Management  (Amendment)  Rules,  2024,  CPCB  has developed Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment & Characterization of Plastic Waste. The  Standard  Operating  Procedure  covers  methodology  for  assessment  of  plastic  waste generated and its characterization. The Standard Operating Procedure also contains methodology to be used by SPCBs/ PCCs for validation of plastic waste data submitted by local authorities. Directions have been issued to State Poluution Control Boards and Pollution Control Committees instructing them to direct local bodies and gram panchayats to carry out required assessments.

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## Annexure I

## Number of Producers, Importers and Brand owners on the Centralized EPR Portal (till October, 2024)

| REGISTRATION ISSUED BY               | Brand Owner   |   Importer | Produce r   |   Grand Total |
|--------------------------------------|---------------|------------|-------------|---------------|
| ANDHRAPRADESH                        | 64            |         88 | 149         |           301 |
| ARUNACHALPRADESH                     |               |          3 |             |             3 |
| ASSAM                                | 19            |         48 | 85          |           152 |
| BIHAR                                | 4             |         17 | 26          |            47 |
| CHANDIGARH                           | 1             |          6 | 4           |            11 |
| CHHATTISGARH                         | 7             |         35 | 30          |            72 |
| CPCB                                 | 1853          |      17418 | 18          |         19289 |
| DADRAAND NAGAR HAVELIAND DAMANANDDIU | 23            |        177 | 267         |           467 |
| DELHI                                | 15            |       1446 | 319         |          1780 |
| GOA                                  | 2             |         45 | 23          |            70 |
| GUJARAT                              | 102           |       1957 | 667         |          2726 |
| HARYANA                              | 8             |        341 | 91          |           440 |
| HIMACHALPRADESH                      | 10            |         63 | 125         |           198 |
| JAMMUAND KASHMIR                     | 9             |         40 | 86          |           135 |
| JHARKHAND                            | 1             |         58 | 3           |            62 |
| KARNATAKA                            | 107           |        474 | 311         |           892 |
| KERALA                               | 27            |        130 | 117         |           274 |
| MADHYAPRADESH                        | 48            |        173 | 172         |           393 |
| MAHARASHTRA                          | 70            |       4471 | 522         |          5063 |
| MANIPUR                              | 0             |          2 | 0           |             2 |
| MEGHALAYA                            | 3             |          4 | 2           |             9 |
| MIZORAM                              | 0             |          4 | 0           |             4 |
| ODISHA                               | 4             |         47 | 11          |            62 |
| PONDICHERRY                          | 3             |         11 | 61          |            75 |
| PUNJAB                               | 19            |        462 | 95          |           576 |
| RAJASTHAN                            | 29            |        294 | 202         |           525 |
| TAMILNADU                            | 64            |        560 | 54          |           678 |
| TELANGANA                            | 21            |        214 | 169         |           404 |
| TRIPURA                              | 1             |         12 | 3           |            16 |
| UTTAR PRADESH                        | 29            |        597 | 206         |           832 |
| UTTARAKHAND                          | 84            |         69 | 284         |           437 |
| WEST BENGAL                          | 28            |       1267 | 188         |          1483 |
| Grand Total                          | 2655          |      30533 | 4290        |         37478 |

## State-wise break up of number of PIBOs who have not submitted Annual Return (AR) for FY 2022-23 and FY 2023-24

( As  per  information  available  on  Centralized  Extended  producer  Responsibility  portal  for  plastic packaging)

## A. 2022-23

| State/ UT Name                           |   Numbers |
|------------------------------------------|-----------|
| Andhra Pradesh                           |        88 |
| Assam                                    |        15 |
| Bihar                                    |        14 |
| Chandigarh                               |         1 |
| Chhattisgarh                             |        13 |
| Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu |        36 |
| Delhi                                    |       488 |
| Goa                                      |         9 |
| Gujarat                                  |       337 |
| Haryana                                  |        85 |
| Himachal Pradesh                         |        11 |
| Jammu And Kashmir                        |        24 |
| Jharkhand                                |        10 |
| Karnataka                                |       119 |
| Kerala                                   |        66 |
| Madhya Pradesh                           |        39 |
| Maharashtra                              |      1081 |
| Meghalaya                                |         4 |
| Mizoram                                  |         1 |
| Odisha                                   |         8 |
| Pondicherry                              |         3 |
| Punjab                                   |        35 |
| Rajasthan                                |        75 |
| Tamil Nadu                               |        98 |
| Telangana                                |        55 |
| Tripura                                  |         8 |
| Uttar Pradesh                            |       131 |
| Uttarakhand                              |        85 |
| West Bengal                              |       316 |
| Grand Total                              |      3255 |

Contd

## State-wise break up of number of PIBOs who have not submitted Annual Return (AR) for FY 2022-23 and FY 2023-24 - contd

( As  per  information  available  on  Centralized  Extended  producer  Responsibility  portal  for  plastic packaging)

## B. 2023-24

| State/UT Name                            |   Numbers |
|------------------------------------------|-----------|
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands              |         1 |
| Andhra Pradesh                           |       199 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                        |         5 |
| Assam                                    |       119 |
| Bihar                                    |        59 |
| Chandigarh                               |        28 |
| Chhattisgarh                             |        93 |
| Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu |       240 |
| Delhi                                    |      2900 |
| Goa                                      |        67 |
| Gujarat                                  |      2347 |
| Haryana                                  |      1005 |
| Himachal Pradesh                         |       157 |
| Jammu And Kashmir                        |        95 |
| Jharkhand                                |        83 |
| Karnataka                                |       797 |
| Kerala                                   |       248 |
| Madhya Pradesh                           |       406 |
| Maharashtra                              |      6329 |
| Manipur                                  |         4 |
| Meghalaya                                |         9 |
| Mizoram                                  |         6 |
| Nagaland                                 |         2 |
| Odisha                                   |       101 |
| Pondicherry                              |        43 |
| Punjab                                   |       757 |
| Rajasthan                                |       580 |
| Sikkim                                   |         1 |
| Tamil Nadu                               |       850 |
| Telangana                                |       408 |
| Tripura                                  |        13 |
| Uttar Pradesh                            |      1046 |
| Uttarakhand                              |       209 |
| West Bengal                              |      1812 |
| Grand Total                              |     21019 |

Annexure III State-wise details of plastic waste generated and EPR certificates generated by registered plastic waste processors, after processing of plastic packaging waste

|   Sr. No. | State Name                | PW Generation For FY 2020- 21 (Tons)   |   PW Generation For FY 2021- 22 (Tons) |   PW Generation For FY 2022- 23 (Tons) | EPR Certificate Generated (Tons)   |
|-----------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh            | 39626.45                               |                              36620.1   |                                64339.4 | 287562                             |
|         2 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 492.342                                |                                688.025 |                                  744   | NA                                 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh         | 3755.9                                 |                               1693.65  |                                 1113.2 | NA                                 |
|         4 | Assam                     | 58765                                  |                              38388.5   |                                30450   | 8165                               |
|         5 | Bihar                     | 74263.689                              |                              53232.3   |                                63361.6 | 128311                             |
|         6 | Chandigarh                | 13107.15                               |                              13107.1   |                                12761.7 | 364                                |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh              | 47450                                  |                              51100     |                                21170   | 60204                              |
|         8 | Daman                     | 4726                                   |                               3954.82  |                                14227.3 | NA                                 |
|         9 | Delhi                     | 345000                                 |                             377596     |                               403347   | 1046635                            |
|        10 | Goa                       | 29441                                  |                              29440.9   |                                29440.9 | 639                                |
|        11 | Gujarat                   | 337693.96                              |                             313919     |                               271575   | 726252                             |
|        12 | Haryana                   | 185168                                 |                             179406     |                               129867   | 438552                             |
|        13 | Himachal Pradesh          | 6206.782                               |                               9654.45  |                                14093.6 | 170574                             |
|        14 | Jammu & Kashmir           | 51710.6                                |                              34384     |                                30342   | 7364                               |
|        15 | Jharkhand                 | 20263.447                              |                              53433     |                                71434   | 15458                              |
|        16 | Kerala                    | 120063.87                              |                              71000     |                                71000   | 131632                             |
|        17 | Karnataka                 | 368080                                 |                             528031     |                               360781   | 397231                             |
|        18 | Ladakh                    | Not Submitted                          |                               1915.05  |                                  860.5 | NA                                 |
|        19 | Lakshadweep               | 523.54                                 |                                279.09  |                                 1358   | NA                                 |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh            | 138483.58                              |                             132955     |                               182614   | 1012886                            |

| 21    | Maharashtra   | 311254                          | 292987                 | 395759        | 795138   |
|-------|---------------|---------------------------------|------------------------|---------------|----------|
| 22    | Manipur       | 10303                           | 12500                  | 12702         | NA       |
| 23    | Meghalaya     | 191 (Not Complete for all ULBs) | Information incomplete | 2223.6        | NA       |
| 24    | Mizoram       | 1514.51                         | 2634.794               | 4835.21       | NA       |
| 25    | Nagaland      | 4785.94                         | 92.84                  | 342.89        | NA       |
| 26    | Odisha        | 51269.9                         | 40696.43               | 53795.336     | 186907   |
| 27    | Punjab        | 108332.06                       | 94958.95               | 128744.64     | 186432   |
| 28    | Pondicherry   | 12754                           | 12775                  | 31087         | 7045     |
| 29    | Rajasthan     | 66324.57                        | 72044.771              | 83242.74      | 752353   |
| 30    | Sikkim        | 82.75                           | 104.74                 | 84.64         | NA       |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu    | 430107                          | 397387.684             | 782560        | 397440   |
| 32    | Telangana     | 472675                          | 494940                 | 528520        | 617147   |
| 33    | Tripura       | 61.65                           | 169.63                 | 347.291       | NA       |
| 34    | Uttarakhand   | 18647.75                        | 44924.71               | 42276.7       | 218083   |
| 35    | Uttar Pradesh | 375950                          | 375950                 | Not Submitted | 1120222  |
| 36    | West Bengal   | 417925                          | 128837.03              | 294789        | 73609    |
| Total |               | 4126808.44                      | 3901802.06             | 4136188.83    | 8862840  |