[Published in the Gazette of India, Part-II, Section-3, Sub-section (i)] Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

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Parent: THE ENVIRONMENT (PROTECTION) ACT, 1986 (018afec0d2f70a0c9774147226d14996ced132c4)

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[Published in the Gazette of India, Part-II, Section-3, Sub-section (i)] Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Notification New Delhi; the 18th March, 2016 G.S.R 320(E). Whereas the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 published vide notification number S.O 249 (E), dated 4t February, 2011 by the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Environment and Forests, aS amended from time to time, provided a regulatory frame work for management of plastic waste generated in the country; And whereas, to implement these rules more effectively and to give thrust on plastic waste minimization, source segregation, recycling, involving waste pickers, recyclers and waste processors in collection of plastic waste fraction either from households O any other source of its generation Or intermediate material recovery facility and adopt polluter's pay principle for the sustainability of the waste management system, the Central Government reviewed the existing rules; And whereas, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6, 8 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act; 1986 (29 of 1986),the draft rules, namely, the Plastic Waste Management, Rules, 2015 were published by the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment; Forest and Climate Change vide number G.S R. 423(E), dated the 25th May; 2015 in the Gazette of India, inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby, before the expiry of a period of sixty days from the date o which copies of the Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public; And Whereas copies of the said Gazette were made available to the public on the 25th May, 2015; And Whereas the objections and suggestions received within the said period from the public in 

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1 · Short title and commencement:-(1)These rules shall be called the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016.

2 · Application:-(1) These rules shall apply to every waste generator, local body, Gram Panchayat, manufacturer; Importers and producer:

5 · Plastic waste management - The plastic waste management by the urban local bodies in their respective jurisdiction shall be as under:-

6 · Responsibility of local body:- (1) Every local body shall be responsible for development and setting up of infrastructure for segregation, collection, storage, transportation, processing and disposal of the plastic waste either o its own Or by engaging agencies Or producers.

3 · The local body for setting up of system for plastic waste management shall seek assistance of producers and such system shall be set up within one year from the date of final publication of these rules in the Official Gazaette of India:

7 · Responsibility of Gram Panchayat (1) Every gram panchayat either on its own or by engaging an agency shall set Up, operationalise and co-ordinate for waste management in the rural area under their control and for performing the associated functions, namely -

10 · Protocols for compostable plastic materials-Determination of the degree of degradability and degree of disintegration of plastic material shall be aS per the protocols of the Indian Standards listed in Schedule-Ito these rules.

1l · Marking or labelling:-(1) Each plastic carry bag and multilayered packaging shall have the following information printed in English namely,

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12 · Prescribed authority.- (1) The State Pollution Control Board and Pollution Control Committee in respect of a Union territory shall be the authority for enforcement of the

3 · The concerned Gram Panchayat shall be the authority for enforcement of the provisions of these rules relating to waste management by the waste generator; use of plastic carry bags, plastic sheets or like, covers made of plastic sheets and multilayered packaging in the rural area of the State or a Union Territory.

13 · Registration of producer, recyclers and manufacturer;- (1) No person shall manufacture carry bags or recycle plastic bags or multilayered packaging unless the person has obtained a registration from the State Pollution Control Board or the Pollution Control Committee of the Union Territory concerned, as the case may be, prior to the commencement of production;

8 · Every State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee shall take decision on the grant of registration within ninety days of receipt of an application which is complete in all respects.

14 · Responsibility of retailers and street vendors- (1) Retailers or street vendors shall not sell or provide commodities to consumer in carry bags O plastic sheet Or multilayered packaging, which are not manufactured and labelled 0 marked, as per prescribed under these rules.

2 · Every retailers Or street vendors selling O providing commodities in, plastic carry bags or multilayered packaging Or plastic sheets or like or covers made of plastic sheets which are not manufactured or labelled or marked in accordance with these rules shall be liable to pay such fines as specified under the bye-laws of the local bodies.

15 · Explicit pricing of carry bags: - (1) The shopkeepers and street vendors willing to provide plastic carry bags for dispensing any commodity shall register with local body: The local body shall, within a period of six months from the date of final publication of these rules ion the Official Gazette of India notification of these rules, by notification or an order under their appropriate state statute or byelaws shall make provisions for such registration on payment of plastic waste management fee of minimum rupees forty eight thousand rupees four thousand per month: The concerned local body may prescribe higher plastic waste

2 · Only the registered shopkeepers o street vendors shall be eligible to provide plastic carry bags for dispensing the commodities.

16 · State Level Monitoring Committee - (1) The State government or the union Territory shall, for the purpose of effective monitoring of implementation of these rules, constitute a State Level Advisory Committee consisting of the following persons, namely;-

17 · Annual reports - (1) Every person engaged in recycling or processing of plastic waste shall prepare and submit an annual report in Form-IV to the local body concerned under intimation to the concerned State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee by the 30th April, of every year:

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