Environment Ministry Notifies Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules
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Automated Central Registration System
Prescribed
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change has notified the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules 2018. The amended
Rules lay down that the phasing out of Multilayered Plastic (MLP) is now applicable
to MLP, which are non-recyclable, or non-energy recoverable, or with no alternate
use.
The amended Rules also prescribe a central registration
system for the registration of the producer/importer/brand owner. The Rules also
lay down that any mechanism for the registration should be automated and should
take into account ease of doing business for producers, recyclers and manufacturers.
The centralised
registration system will be evolved by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for
the registration of the producer/importer/brand owner. While a national registry
has been prescribed for producers with presence in more than two states, a state-level
registration has been prescribed for smaller producers/brand owners operating within
one or two states.
In addition, Rule 15 of the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules 2018 on explicit pricing of carry bags has been
omitted.
Based on several representations received from
various stakeholders, MoEF&CC had constituted a committee
on issues/challenges faced with regard to the implementation of Plastic Waste Management
Rules, 2016 and Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. The committee deliberated on
several issues related to the Rules and its implementation by various stakeholders
and submitted its recommendations to the Ministry.
The Ministry notified the Plastic Waste Management
(Amendment) Rules, 2018 on March 27, 2018.