made of plastic sheets and plastic packaging shall be subjected to
certain conditions stipulated therein.
6. Rule 5 deals with plastic waste management ... ordinate waste
management in the rural area. Similarly, responsibility is placed on
producers, importers, brand owners and waste generators for plastic waste
management. Rule
effective steps
for the treatment of plastic waste strictly in accordance with the
provisions of Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 (hereinafter
called, 'Rules ... plastic wastes. The provisions thereto are relevant,
and they read thus:
334B. Restriction on plastic carry bags and covers and
management of plastic wastes
degradable
(PWM Rules on plastics, pre-consumer & post-
EPR) July 2022 consumer plastic packaging waste
added
7 Plastic Waste Renewal of Registration of PIBO ... Management assessment of plastic waste
(Amendment) generated, including plastic waste
Rules, 2024, March existing in dump sites. New
2024 category V Biodegradable plastic
introduced. Seller
circumstances can be
considered as a biodegradable plastic.
Regulatory Framework Under The Plastic Waste Management Rules,
2016
29. We shall now deal with the provisions ... both "compostable
plastic"underRule3(e)and"biodegradableplastic"underRule3(ac)ofthePlastic
Waste Management Rules
that compostable/biodegradable materials having
specification as stipulated in the Plastic Waste Management Rules,
2016 could be used as a replacement/substitute for the banned ... made of plastic. After the elections, the campaigning
materials, are discarded and become waste. Such single-use
plastic waste generated during campaigning does
natural soil. The open burning of plastics is
prohibited in the Central Rules, viz., Plastic Waste
(Management and Handling) Rules, 2011, which is in force ... management of plastic
wastes. Said section is extracted hereunder:
"334B. Restriction on plastic carry bags and covers and
management of plastic wastes.- (1) Subject
distribution of 'compostable plastic
carry bags' as defined under the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016
(hereinafter referred to as 'the PWM Rules ... AGAINST SERIAL NO. 56
EXHIBIT P3 TRUE COPY OF THE PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES
2016 (AS AMENDED IN THE YEAR 2018)
EXHIBIT P4 TRUE COPY
plastic waste either on its own
or by engaging agencies or producers.
23. The management of the plastic waste under the Rules
is the responsibility ... minimise generation of plastic waste and segregate
plastic waste at source in accordance with the Solid Waste
Management (Amended) Rules, 2016. So also there
Registration is a permissible
activity under the provisions of Plastic Waste Management
Rules, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as PWM Rules), except
Nilakkal, Pampa and Sabarimala ... registration, which is a permissible activity under the provisions of
Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016.
8. In such circumstances, this writ petition is closed based
read with the Solid Waste
(Management and Handling) Rules, 2016, the Plastic Waste
(Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 (amended in 2016, 2018
and 2021) read ... with the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment)
Rules, 2021, Member Secretary, KeLSA has prayed that adequate
measures should be taken to control pollution in Ashtamudi Lake
