Ban on Single-Use Plastics in India : CSE

Date & Time Sep 7, 2023 03:00 PM in India / Platform: zoom

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is a public interest research and advocacy organisation based in New Delhi. CSE researches into, lobbies for and communicates the urgency of development that is both sustainable and equitable. The scenario today demands using knowledge to bring about change. In other words, working India’s democracy. This is what we aim to do.The challenge, we see, is two-pronged. On the one hand, millions live within a biomass based subsistence economy, at the margins of survival. The environment is their only natural asset. But a degraded environment means stress on land, water and forest resources for survival. It means increasing destitution and poverty. Here, opportunity to bring about change is enormous.But it will need a commitment to reform – structural reform- in the way we do business with local communities. On the other hand, rapid industrialization is throwing up new problems: growing toxification and a costly disease burden. The answers will be in reinventing the growth model of the Western world for ourselves, so that we can leapfrog technology choices and find new ways of building wealth that will not cost us the earth. Our aim is to raise these concerns, participate in seeking answers and in pushing for answers, transforming these into policy and so practice. We do this through our research and by communicating our understanding through our publications. We call this knowledge-based activism. We hope we will make a difference.

India banned the manufacture, distribution, stocking, sale and use of selected 19 single-use plastic items with effect from July 1, 2022. The ban covered plastic items like cutlery, straws, sticks and thermocol (only for the purpose of decoration), while some single-use plastic items like carry bags and banners were regulated by the thickness of 120 microns and 100 microns, respectively.

Over a year after the ban came into force, single-use plastic items continue to be a challenge — the banned items are reportedly still being sold and used in the country.It is evident that a lot more needs to be done to implementthe single-use plastics ban.

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) invites you to a webinar to discuss and understand how effective has the ban been, what are the challenges in implementation, and what should be the way forward.

CSE will release its new report on the subject on this occasion.

NOTE: This is a free webinar for waste management practitioners, officials from Central and state departments and municipalities, recycling professionals, plastic industry representatives, urban and town planners, academicians, students, NGO representatives and anyone who is willing to learn about plastic waste management practices in the country.

All those who register will receive an automatic confirmation. However, we request you to register yourself at the earliest since seats at the webinar would be limited, and reach out to us in case of any queries. No certificates will be awarded for attending the webinar.

We invite you webinar to discuss and understand how effective has the ban been, what are the challenges in implementation, and what should be the way forward. To participate in the webinar, visit: Click here

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For more details:

Sukanya Nair
sukanya.nair@cseindia.org
8816818864

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