Sustainable Plastic Waste Management Project Plan
Plastic Recycling and Sustainability, Plastic Waste Management Project, Sustainable Plastic Waste Management Plan
Regulatory Need: This DPR is based on “Plastics Waste (Management and Handling) Rules
2011, of Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. This innovative and
pioneering Plastic Waste Management system takes in to account the extended producer
responsibility (EPR) of plastic industry, as well as the responsibility of the urban local bodies
(ULB), in organizing Plastics waste collection of littered- left out plastic waste. This is
through the recyclable waste collection centers, recycling facility and litter free campaign. It
also harnesses most of the informal sector workers in a formal set up, as is mandated in
various regulatory guidelines. Plastic Recycling and Sustainability
Socio-Environmental Responsibility: Plastics are good, Plastics litter is the problem. Plastic Waste Management Project. It is not
commercially viable for the waste pickers. Litter picking needs a separate viability gap
funding, and so is its recycling, which is not so profitable either. Though most of the waste
management laws are plastic centric, this small pieces of metalized plastics and carry bags
are the main contentious issue in most of the other waste streams, and more so in MSW. A
solution is developed here by harnessing, informal sector, recycling network in a workable
formal setup. This can also meet the partial cost of litter management. ULBs give space as in
the law, waste traders gets an identity, and the faceless waste pickers gets extra income
with a little extra responsibility of litter free area management. Sustainable Plastic Waste Management Plan. The system has been test
marketed and experimented. To innumerate:
1. The Rag Pickers / Scavengers, which are presently highly unorganized, need to be
converted into an organized self –sustainable work force.
2. With proper system development Rag Pickers / Scavengers will get the right price for
their work/effort.
3. With collection centers this work force can get better price for their work/effort and
with better remunerations/income. Their social acceptability will also increase.
4. Presently Rag pickers/ Scavengers sort the plastic form dump heaps and foul
smelling places. To work in these highly inhospitable environments, they tend to
become drug addicts/alcoholics.
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