Lok Sabha Question No. 2275 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-09
Subject: Plastic Waste Management
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Dr. Amar Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2275

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2024

## Plastic Waste Management

## 2275 .   DR. AMAR SINGH:

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

- (a) the details of quantity of plastic waste generated during the last five years, State-wise and year-wise;
- (b) the number of fully operational Plastic Waste Management Units (PWMUs) in the country, State-wise;
- (c) the details of budgetary outlay and expenditure for setting up PWMUs along with the percentage of fund utilisation, State-wise;
- (d) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to enhance the implementation of door-to-door plastic waste collection; and
- (e) the measures undertaken to enable recycling of plastics into useful products, such as construction materials?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

- (a):  As per the information provided by State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) / Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) to CPCB, the quantity of plastic waste generation during 2018-19 to 2022-23 are as follow:

| Financial Year   |   Plastic waste Generation (TPA) |
|------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2018-19          |                      3.36004e+06 |
| 2019-20          |                      3.46978e+06 |
| 2020-21          |                      4.12681e+06 |
| 2021-22          |                      3.9018e+06  |
| 2022-23          |                      4.13619e+06 |

State wise and year wise plastic waste generation is given at Annexure-I

- (b): As reported by States and UTs on Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of SBM(G), 978  Plastic Waste Management Units (PWMUs) are currently operational.  Statewise details are given in the Annexure-II.
- (c): Under SBM(G), consolidated centre share funds are released to the States/UTs for all the  program  components.  States/UTs  have  the  flexibility  to  utilize  the  funds  for  various components  based  on  their  approved Action  Plans  and  priorities.  So  far  as  setting  up  of PWMUs is concerned, the SBM(G) Phase II guidelines provide financial assistance of upto Rs.

16  lakh  per  Block  for  construction  of  a  PWMU. Additionally,  depending  on  requirement, PWMUs can be set up in cluster mode for more than one block within the overall funding limits available for those blocks.

(d): The  Plastic  Waste  Management  Rules,  2016  mandates  local  bodies  and  gram panchayats  for  collection  and  transportation  of  plastic  waste.  Guidelines  have  been  issued under Swachh Bharat Mission for door to door collection of solid waste including plastic waste for  urban  and  rural  areas  of  the  country.  The  implementation  of  market  based  Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Plastic Packaging, notified on 16 th  February, 2022, by the Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change,  Government  of  India,  will  also strengthen the plastic waste management infrastructure in the country including collection of plastic packaging waste. The Producers, Importers and Brand owners (PIBOs), while fulfilling their EPR obligation may develop collection and segregation infrastructure of plastic packaging waste  based  on  the  category  of  plastics,  which  may  include  different  implementation modalities.

(e): The EPR Guidelines on plastic packaging stipulate mandatory targets for recycling of plastic packaging waste. The PIBOs fulfill their EPR obligations by procuring EPR certificates for registered Plastic Waste Processors. The recycled plastic produced after recycling of plastic packaging waste is used to make useful products. The plastic packaging waste which is not recyclable  is  channelized  for  road  construction  as  per  Indian  Road  Congress  guidelines  or energy recovery or waste to oil etc.

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## State-wise Plastic Waste Generation in last five years (Values in Tonnes per annum)

| Sr. No.   | State Name              | FY 2018-19   | FY 2019-20    | FY 2020-21                    | FY 2021-22             | FY 2022-23    |
|-----------|-------------------------|--------------|---------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|---------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh          | 66314        | 46222         | 39626.45                      | 36620.101              | 64339.41      |
| 2         | Andaman& Nicobar Island | 1850         | 387           | 492.342                       | 688.025                | 744           |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh       | 3787.37      | 2721          | 3755.9                        | 1693.65                | 1113.2        |
| 4         | Assam                   | 32277.87     | 24971         | 58765                         | 38388.5                | 30450         |
| 5         | Bihar                   | 68903.328    | 41365         | 74263.689                     | 53232.339              | 63361.56      |
| 6         | Chandigarh              | 11715.4      | 6746          | 13107.15                      | 13107.15               | 12761.66      |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh            | 6000         | 32850         | 47450                         | 51100                  | 21170         |
| 8         | Daman                   | 1947.7       | 1948          | 4726                          | 3954.82                | 14227.33      |
| 9         | Delhi                   | 224810       | 230525        | 345000                        | 377596                 | 403347.216    |
| 10        | Goa                     | 32580.52     | 26068         | 29441                         | 29440.9                | 29440.9       |
| 11        | Gujarat                 | 356873       | 408201        | 337693.96                     | 313918.57              | 271574.6      |
| 12        | Haryana                 | 68735.26     | 147734        | 185168                        | 179406.47              | 129866.74     |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh        | 3672         | 13683         | 6206.782                      | 9654.45                | 14093.574     |
| 14        | Jammu& Kashmir          | 34367.37     | 74826.33      | 51710.6                       | 34384                  | 30342         |
| 15        | Jharkhand               | 51454.53     | 43332         | 20263.447                     | 53432.966              | 71433.993     |
| 16        | Kerala                  | 133316       | 131400        | 120063.87                     | 71000                  | 71000         |
| 17        | Karnataka               | 272776       | 296380        | 368080                        | 528031                 | 360780.6      |
| 18        | Ladakh                  | NA           | Not Submitted | Not Submitted                 | 1915.05                | 860.5         |
| 19        | Lakshadweep             | 148          | 46            | 523.54                        | 279.09                 | 1358          |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh          | 72327.39     | 121079        | 138483.58                     | 132955.4               | 182613.5      |
| 21        | Maharashtra             | 409630       | 443724        | 311254                        | 292987                 | 395759        |
| 22        | Manipur                 | 12453.8      | 8293          | 10303                         | 12500                  | 12702         |
| 23        | Meghalaya               | 1263         | 5043          | 191 not Complete for all ULBs | Information incomplete | 2223.6        |
| 24        | Mizoram                 | 13.306       | 7909          | 1514.51                       | 2634.794               | 4835.21       |
| 25        | Nagaland                | 268.18       | 565           | 4785.94                       | 92.84                  | 342.89        |
| 26        | Odisha                  | 90138.98     | 45339.4       | 51269.9                       | 40696.43               | 53795.336     |
| 27        | Punjab                  | 119414.64    | 92890         | 108332.06                     | 94958.95               | 128744.64     |
| 28        | Pondicherry             | 8433         | 11753         | 12754                         | 12775                  | 31087         |
| 29        | Rajasthan               | 104704.383   | 51966         | 66324.57                      | 72044.771              | 83242.74      |
| 30        | Sikkim                  | 5.66         | 69            | 82.75                         | 104.74                 | 84.64         |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu              | 401091       | 431472        | 430107                        | 397387.684             | 782560        |
| 32        | Telangana               | 183014.65    | 233655        | 472675                        | 494940                 | 528520        |
| 33        | Tripura                 | 26.2         | 32            | 61.65                         | 169.63                 | 347.291       |
| 34        | Uttarakhand             | 31093        | 25203         | 18647.75                      | 44924.71               | 42276.7       |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh           | 254401.8     | 161148        | 375950                        | 375950                 | Not Submitted |
| 36        | West Bengal             | 300236.12    | 300236        | 417925                        | 128837.03              | 294789        |
|           | Total                   | 3360043.45   | 3469781.73    | 4126808.44                    | 3901802.06             | 4136188.83    |

## Annexure I

## Annexure-II

| State-wise details of operational PWMUs and quantity of waste generated   | State-wise details of operational PWMUs and quantity of waste generated   | State-wise details of operational PWMUs and quantity of waste generated   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl No.                                                                    | State Name                                                                | No. of PWMUs operational                                                  |
| 1                                                                         | A&NIslands                                                                | 0                                                                         |
| 2                                                                         | Andhra Pradesh                                                            | 139                                                                       |
| 3                                                                         | Arunachal Pradesh                                                         | 0                                                                         |
| 4                                                                         | Assam                                                                     | 0                                                                         |
| 5                                                                         | Bihar                                                                     | 102                                                                       |
| 6                                                                         | Chhattisgarh                                                              | 8                                                                         |
| 7                                                                         | D &NHaveli and Daman &Diu                                                 | 0                                                                         |
| 8                                                                         | Goa                                                                       | 0                                                                         |
| 9                                                                         | Gujarat                                                                   | 0                                                                         |
| 10                                                                        | Haryana                                                                   | 0                                                                         |
| 11                                                                        | Himachal Pradesh                                                          | 29                                                                        |
| 12                                                                        | Jammu &Kashmir                                                            | 43                                                                        |
| 13                                                                        | Jharkhand                                                                 | 7                                                                         |
| 14                                                                        | Karnataka                                                                 | 9                                                                         |
| 15                                                                        | Kerala                                                                    | 48                                                                        |
| 16                                                                        | Ladakh                                                                    | 0                                                                         |
| 17                                                                        | Lakshadweep                                                               | 0                                                                         |
| 18                                                                        | Madhya Pradesh                                                            | 8                                                                         |
| 19                                                                        | Maharashtra                                                               | 21                                                                        |
| 20                                                                        | Manipur                                                                   | 0                                                                         |
| 21                                                                        | Meghalaya                                                                 | 3                                                                         |
| 22                                                                        | Mizoram                                                                   | 4                                                                         |
| 23                                                                        | Nagaland                                                                  | 0                                                                         |
| 24                                                                        | Odisha                                                                    | 20                                                                        |
| 25                                                                        | Puducherry                                                                | 2                                                                         |
| 26                                                                        | Punjab                                                                    | 8                                                                         |
| 27                                                                        | Rajasthan                                                                 | 0                                                                         |
| 28                                                                        | Sikkim                                                                    | 2                                                                         |
| 29                                                                        | Tamil Nadu                                                                | 326                                                                       |
| 30                                                                        | Telangana                                                                 | 29                                                                        |
| 31                                                                        | Tripura                                                                   | 0                                                                         |
| 32                                                                        | Uttar Pradesh                                                             | 68                                                                        |
| 33                                                                        | Uttarakhand                                                               | 51                                                                        |
| 34                                                                        | West Bengal                                                               | 51                                                                        |
| Total                                                                     | Total                                                                     | 978                                                                       |

Source: Data reported by the States/UTs on SBM(G) IMIS