Lok Sabha Question No. 643 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-25
Subject: Plastic Waste Management under SBM 2.0
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Janardan Singh Sigriwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 643 TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 25, 2024 PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT UNDER SBM 2.0

## NO. 643. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

Will  the  Minister  for  HOUSING  AND  URBAN  AFFAIRS  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken initiatives on the issue of plastic waste management under Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the steps taken by the Government for effectively banning of plastic waste keeping in view achieving the objective of plastic waste free cities in the country; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  also  taken  steps  to  find  out  an economic and accessible alternatives of plastic and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a) : Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) 2.0 lays special emphasis on reduction  of  plastic  waste  generation  and  compliance  of  Plastic Waste Management (PWM) Rules dated 12.08.2021. Key focus areas include  source  segregation  of  waste;  segregated  collection  and transportation; processing of segregated waste; setting up of Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in all ULBs; awareness generation drives etc. In addition, the

## following initiatives have been taken:

- (i). Additional Central Assistance (ACA) to States and Union Territories (UTs) is released for establishing Solid Waste Management (SWM) projects for processing of all kinds of waste,

- (ii).  A  'Plastic  Waste  Management  Advisory'  has  been  developed capturing the plastic waste generation, plastic waste management rules  and  various  ways  to  manage  plastic  waste  through  reduce, reuse, recycle and recovery techniques;
- (iii).  'Swachh  Survekshan'  and  'Star  Rating  Protocol'  have  been introduced which have been aligned with Plastic Waste Management (amendment) Rules 2021 to encourage cities to phase out single-use plastic, etc.
- (b) :  Ministry of Environment & Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) notified  Plastic  Waste  Management  Amendment  Rules,  2021,  on  12th August 2021, which prohibits identified  single use plastic items, which have low utility and high littering potential with effect from 1st July, 2022.

MoEF&CC  has notified the Guidelines on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for plastic packaging vide Plastic Waste Management  (Amendment)  Rules,  2022,  on  16th  February  2022  and Plastic  Waste  Management  (Amendment)  Rules,  2024,  on  14 th   March, 2024.

All States/UTs have constituted the Special Task Force (STF) under the chairpersonship of the Chief Secretary / Administrator for elimination of identified single use plastic items and effective plastic waste management  and  development  of  comprehensive  action  plan  in  this regard.  A  National  Level  Taskforce  has  also  been  constituted  by  the Ministry  for  taking  coordinated  efforts  to  eliminate  identified  single  use plastic items and effective implementation of Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016.

For effective monitoring of ban on identified single use plastic (SUP) items and plastic waste management in the country, online platforms that are  in  operation  are  National  Dashboard  on  elimination  of  single  use plastics  and  effective  plastic  waste  management;  Central  Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Monitoring Module for Compliance on Elimination of

Single Use Plastic and CPCB Grievance Redressal App.

Regular enforcement drives have been undertaken by CPCB, State Pollution Control Board (SPCBs)/ Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) to implement ban on identified single use plastic items and on plastic carry bags having thickness less than one hundred twenty microns.

(c) :   To develop  alternatives to single  use  plastics,  the  MoEF&CC organized 'India Plastic  Challenge  -  Hackathon  2021'.  Two  Start-ups  in the area of alternatives to single use plastics were awarded in the India Plastic Challenge Hackathon 2021. A National Expo on Eco-Alternatives to single use plastic and Startup Conference was organized on 26 th  and 27 th   September, 2022 in Chennai by MoEF&CC and Government of Tamil Nadu  in  which  more  than  150  manufacturers  of  eco-alternatives  from across  the  country  have  participated.  The  eco-alternatives  included material made from sea-weed, bagasse, rice and wheat bran, rice stubble, plant and agricultural residue, banana and areca leaves, jute and cloth. The  list  of  manufacturers  of  eco-alternatives  is  available  on  National Dashboard  https://suppwmdashboard.in/ on elimination of single use plastics and effective plastic waste management.

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