NEW DELHI: India is taking all steps to ensure that the nation becomes free of single-use plastic by 2022 as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union atmosphere minister Prakash Javadekar stated on Tuesday whereas launching ‘Plastic Hackathon 2021’ marketing campaign.
Kick-starting the 2-month-lengthy consciousness marketing campaign on single-use plastics (SUPs), Javadekar, in an audio message, stated the atmosphere ministry has taken a number of steps in the direction of eliminating single-use plastic from the nation.
“Prime Minister Modi pledged to make the nation free of single use plastic. We took a number of steps in that path. The import of plastic waste has been banned. The states have been directed to ensure no use of SUP. Several states have already stopped utilizing SUP,” he stated.
“We have notified plastic waste management rules under which plastic below 40 microns thickness cannot be used. We have also directed states to take action against companies producing plastic carry bags under 40-micron thickness,” the minister added.
Announcing the campaign, he said it will help finding suitable alternatives to SUP and identify new ways of plastic waste management.
“We are organising a Plastic Hackathon 2021. It will deliberate on plastic waste administration, its assortment and what new merchandise may be made out of it. Suitable various to SUP will even be mentioned on this hackathon. Essay competitions will likely be organised for varsity children. Till the time on-line courses are occurring for faculties and faculties, such actions will likely be loved by college students and so they can take part with full enthusiasm,” Javadekar said.
Before the minister’s message, a virtual event was organised by FICCI where Environment Secretary R P Gupta said the campaign is an effort to raise the capacity of various stakeholders with respect to plastic pollution.
“It will likely be a two-month lengthy marketing campaign with a collection of occasions on lowering plastic waste technology, recognising the necessity of efficient plastic waste administration, growing the notice of appropriate alternate options, sustainable consumption and manufacturing and prolonged producer accountability (EPR),” Gupta said.
The campaign is being organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), a German organisation working jointly with partners in India for sustainable economic, ecological, and social development.
Gupta said intensive efforts have been put in by the ministry to raise awareness and sensitise citizens on the environmental impact of SUP.
“The authorities is offering assist to states for growing ample waste administration infrastructure for stable and plastic waste administration by way of flagship Swachh Bharat Mission scheme,” he stated.
Considering the antagonistic impacts of littered plastic waste on each terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, the prime minister gave a clarion name in 2019 to part out single-use plastics by 2022.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change had notified Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, for dealing with plastic waste in an environmentally sound method.
Further, the ministry has issued a draft notification on March 11, 2021 for amending the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, with respect to prohibiting recognized SUP gadgets following a part-out schedule in 2022.
Littered plastic waste on land is recognised as a significant supply of marine plastic litter. Plastic waste administration on land will considerably contribute to the discount within the technology of marine plastic litter, ministry sources stated.
FICCI Secretary General Dilip Chenoy stated the marketing campaign is being launched on the auspicious event of World Oceans Day and that FICCI will put its greatest efforts in making it successful.
The United Nations has designated June 8 as World Oceans Day.
The UNEP and GIZ India are the information companions and FICCI is the trade associate for the marketing campaign.
Kick-starting the 2-month-lengthy consciousness marketing campaign on single-use plastics (SUPs), Javadekar, in an audio message, stated the atmosphere ministry has taken a number of steps in the direction of eliminating single-use plastic from the nation.
“Prime Minister Modi pledged to make the nation free of single use plastic. We took a number of steps in that path. The import of plastic waste has been banned. The states have been directed to ensure no use of SUP. Several states have already stopped utilizing SUP,” he stated.
“We have notified plastic waste management rules under which plastic below 40 microns thickness cannot be used. We have also directed states to take action against companies producing plastic carry bags under 40-micron thickness,” the minister added.
Announcing the campaign, he said it will help finding suitable alternatives to SUP and identify new ways of plastic waste management.
“We are organising a Plastic Hackathon 2021. It will deliberate on plastic waste administration, its assortment and what new merchandise may be made out of it. Suitable various to SUP will even be mentioned on this hackathon. Essay competitions will likely be organised for varsity children. Till the time on-line courses are occurring for faculties and faculties, such actions will likely be loved by college students and so they can take part with full enthusiasm,” Javadekar said.
Before the minister’s message, a virtual event was organised by FICCI where Environment Secretary R P Gupta said the campaign is an effort to raise the capacity of various stakeholders with respect to plastic pollution.
“It will likely be a two-month lengthy marketing campaign with a collection of occasions on lowering plastic waste technology, recognising the necessity of efficient plastic waste administration, growing the notice of appropriate alternate options, sustainable consumption and manufacturing and prolonged producer accountability (EPR),” Gupta said.
The campaign is being organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), a German organisation working jointly with partners in India for sustainable economic, ecological, and social development.
Gupta said intensive efforts have been put in by the ministry to raise awareness and sensitise citizens on the environmental impact of SUP.
“The authorities is offering assist to states for growing ample waste administration infrastructure for stable and plastic waste administration by way of flagship Swachh Bharat Mission scheme,” he stated.
Considering the antagonistic impacts of littered plastic waste on each terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, the prime minister gave a clarion name in 2019 to part out single-use plastics by 2022.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change had notified Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, for dealing with plastic waste in an environmentally sound method.
Further, the ministry has issued a draft notification on March 11, 2021 for amending the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, with respect to prohibiting recognized SUP gadgets following a part-out schedule in 2022.
Littered plastic waste on land is recognised as a significant supply of marine plastic litter. Plastic waste administration on land will considerably contribute to the discount within the technology of marine plastic litter, ministry sources stated.
FICCI Secretary General Dilip Chenoy stated the marketing campaign is being launched on the auspicious event of World Oceans Day and that FICCI will put its greatest efforts in making it successful.
The United Nations has designated June 8 as World Oceans Day.
The UNEP and GIZ India are the information companions and FICCI is the trade associate for the marketing campaign.
