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The Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules or guidelines on EPR for packaging plastic were issued on February 16, 2022. This was aimed to clarify the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders, including producers, brand owners, importers, CPCB, SPCB, recyclers and waste processors. For...
Cambodia 2018 Pricing mechanism China General plan to prohibit ‘Microplastic’ manufacturing after December 31, 2020, and for sale after December 31, 2022 Georgia 2017 Ban (thin bags) India 2016 Plastic waste management rules India 2022 ban on certain single-use plastics Indonesia 2016 Pricing mech...
This study explores the implications of plastic waste and recycling management on recyclates for manufacturing clean-energy harvesting devices. The focus is on a comparative analysis of using recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) for triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) production, in two densely populate...
Plastic pollution in soils pose a major threat to soil health and soil fertility that are directly linked to food security and human health. In contrast to marine plastic pollution, this ubiquitous problem is thus far scientifically poorly understood and
The preceding directive was the Plastic Bags Directive (EU Directive 2015/720) [28] that was also an amendment to the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (94/62/EC) [29]. The last one was the first attempt to deal with the unsustainable consumption and use of lightweight plastic ...