Case Study

India generates 9.46 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, of which 40 per cent remains uncollected and 43 per cent is used for packaging, most of which is single-use, a new study has revealed. Uncollected plastic waste eventually ends up in the natural environment — in our seas and oceans or is piling up on our lands. Like much of the world, India is struggling to dispose its growing quantities of plastic waste given how ubiquitous it has become — from our tooth brushes to debit cards. The 2016 Plastic Waste Management Rules are an attempt to improve legislation, and ....