A holistic approach to dealing with plastic waste in all forms is underway, but it needs citizen participation. Explain (200 Words)
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IAS Parliament 2 years
KEY POINTS
· To protect human health and the environment, the Ministry of Environment and Forests had notified the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998 under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) and later notified Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016.
· The guidelines have also been prepared to enable each hospital to create conditions for waste management in terms of segregation, collection, transportation, treatment and disposal of hospital waste.
· The broader context here is that India generates 9.46 million tonnes of plastic waste annually out of which 40 per cent plastic waste goes uncollected.
· India generates around three million tonnes of medical waste every year and the amount is expected to grow at 8 per cent annually.
· It can also be dangerous to human beings and environment. Similarly, hospitals and other health care facilities generate lots of waste which can transmit infections.
· It has constituted an advisory committee for the respective States to review implementation of bio-medical waste management.
· Capacity building workshops are being organised for MSME units to provide them technical assistance for manufacturing of alternatives to banned single use plastic items.
· For effective enforcement of ban on identified single use plastic items from this month, national and State level control rooms will be set up and special enforcement teams will be formed for checking illegal manufacture.
TK Padhan 2 years
Sir, kindly review.
IAS Parliament 2 years
Avoid writing generic points, try to be specific, mention anout oceanic plastic waste, single use plastic. Keep Writing.
Aravind R 2 years
Kindly review this mam/sir
IAS Parliament 2 years
Try to mention about Single use plastics, oceanic plastic wate. Keep Writing.
K. V. A 2 years
Kindly review
IAS Parliament 2 years
Try to mention about extended producer responsibility. Keep Writing.
