Context :
Govt
to set up control rooms to enforce single-use plastic ban: Minister /
Indian Express / 29 June 2022
Extract :
With the ban on single-use plastic coming into force on July 1, the
government will be setting up control rooms at national and state
levels to ensure its effective enforcement, Environment, Forests and Climate Change
Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Tuesday.
Apart from the control rooms,
which will be supervised by the Central Pollution Control Board,
special enforcement teams will be formed to check illegal
manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of the 12 banned single-use plastic items that was
announced by the ministry last year.
The list of banned items include ear buds with plastic
sticks, plastic sticks for balloons, plastic
flags, candy
sticks, ice-cream sticks,
polystyrene (thermocol) for decoration, plastic plates, cups, glasses, cutlery such
as forks, spoons, knives, straw, trays, wrapping
or packing films around sweet boxes, invitation cards, cigarette packets, plastic or PVC banners less
than 100 micron, stirrers.
“The items
have been chosen on the basis of three criteria – their low utility, high
littering potential and availability
of alternative materials.
We have
given manufacturers plenty of time for preparation – 11 months – before the ban was to come into
force. We believe that we have their support and cooperation,” said Yadav at an
informal press briefing.
According to the CPCB, plastic waste generation in 2020-21 was 41,26,997 tonnes, while per capita waste
generation was 3 kg per annum.
There are 683 units
manufacturing single-use plastic with a cumulative capacity of 2.44 lakh per
annum. The CPCB has already revoked or modified the consent of 433 units.
The CPCB further said that characterization of plastic waste in
18 cities has found that the percentage of single-use plastic in total plastic
waste is between 10% and 35 %.
The use of these items by consumers is also banned. But the
minister has said, that penalties are unlikely to be transferred to the
consumer as, “If the banned item simply does not exist
in the market, then it can’t be used.’’
Yadav said the government has over the past year focused on encouraging
industry and MSMEs to come up with alternatives to plastic, including biodegradable
plastic and compostable plastic.
The government has awarded works to seven startups developing
solutions, including bio-degradable packaging material made from
crop stubble waste among others.
Till June this year, the CPCB has already awarded certificates
to 194 plants for production of compostable plastic with another 61
applications in process. The certified plants have a capacity to produce 3 lakh
tonnes of compostable plastic per annum.
MY TAKE :
Look at how one NGO
is helping :
Real
plastic money: Pay for food with waste at this Junagadh Café / Times
of India / 29 June 2022
Extract :
While food and beverage companies are busy finding alternatives to single use
plastics, Junagadh has given some food for thought in tackling plastic menace
On
June 30, the district administration will inaugurate a café where people can savour
delicacies by paying with PLASTIC WASTE
instead of money
People
can bring in their household plastic waste and they will be served food
depending on its weight
The
Café will be run by Sarvoday Sakhi Mandal , a group of women who have tied up
with farmers while the space and infrastructure has been provided by the administration
Talking to TOI,
Junagadh collector Rachit Raj said, “ We want to promote clean and green Junagadh
. To start with, we will give a glass of lemon juice or fennel juice for 500 gram PLASTIC WASTE , and one plate of DHOKLA or POHA
for 1 KG plastic waste . More the plastic waste, the
bigger the platter .”
All the beverages including some health ones like those
made from betel leaf, rose , figs and bel leaf , will be served in clay utensils. The menu also
includes Kathiyawadi and Gujarat platters that will have Bringan Bharta , Sev
Tameta , Thepla and Bajra Rotlo
The District
Administration has hired an Agency which will buy this waste
Dear Shri Bhupender Yadavji,
You have laid down PUNISHMENT for those who do not
observe the BAN
I strongly urge you to also consider INCENTIVES for
those ( including Govt Officers ), who volunteer to implement SOLUTIONS of the type
described in this email
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 29
June 2022
RELATED READINGS :
Discourage
Plastics : Encourage Greed …………………………….[ 21 Mar 2016 ]
Extract :
MISSING ELEMENT :
Abolish Corporate Income Tax for all
plastic recycling units for next 10 years !
Let GREED take over GOVERNING !
WHAT CAN WE
EXPECT ?
* Within a year , another
10,000 plastic recycling units will come up
* 100 % of plastic produced
will get recycled
* These units will
mobilize lakhs of " Plastic Rag Pickers " to collect every
small scrap of
plastic from every
nook and corner of every street in every city, leading to Swatchh
Bharat and
self employment !
* Recycled plastic will
get used to build strong / long-lasting road surfaces
* Some recycled plastic
will be used as raw material for mass-producing of 3D printed
houses ,
solving problem of 50 million " Affordable Housing " (ask WINSUN of
Shanghai )
( This is
the kind of innovations expected from our National Science Laboratories )
WHERE ELSE CAN WE
TRY THIS ?
* Abolish Corporate
Income Tax ( for 10 years ) for all plants / units , producing Methane
Gas using
organic waste from household / hotels / restaurants
* All municipalities and
gram panchayats to allow such privately-owned Organic Waste
Processing /
Gas Producing units to collect such waste from all the streets , free of cost
* Municipalities will
save hundreds of crores of rupees in Garbage Collection
* State Electricity
Boards will set up Gas based Power Plants , next to these units and buy
the gas for
power generation
If this suggestion is implemented ,
we would have SWATCHH BHARAT in 2 years
And , we would have harnessed human
GREED ( viz: avoid income tax ) of our Start Ups to solve the problem of
pollution
No more fires in Deonar dumping
ground !
I hope Shri Prakash Javadekar-ji is
listening
Kenya
shows the Way ……………………………………….[ 30 Aug 2017 ]
Turning
a Threat into an Opportunity ? ………………..[ 23 Dec 2017 ]
Did
You Say, “ Ahead of Times “ ? …………………………[ 23 Dec 2017 ]
Plastic :
Refusing to fade away …………………………..[ 05 Apr 2018 ]
Plastics
: Time to strike a
deal ? ………………………[ 16
Apr 2018 ]
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Dear
Gadkariji : your dream come true ?............ [ 18 Sept 2021 ]
Extract :
Plastic waste generated by India in
2019………………………………… .9.46 Million Tons
Ø Total
Plastic waste in 2021 could be ……………………………………….. 10 million tons
Ø Assuming
30 % consist of PET
bottles = 3
million tons
Ø Approx
weight of a 1 Litre PET
bottles = 20 gms
Ø Which
translates as ( 5 bottle=100 gms / 50 bottle = 1kg / 50,000 bottles = 1000 Kg =
1 Ton )
Ø Hence,
if all of these 3 million tons of plastic bottles were to be used ( recycled )
for producing Platio
Bricks :
# 3 million tons =
3,000,000 tons = 3,000,000,000 Kg
# For ease of
calculating, if we take use of 10 Kg / sq
meter , we can get :
300 Million sq meter of Platio Bricks
Ø Let
us assume a highway with a width of 20 Meter
Ø So
we get > 300 Million sq meter divided by 20 Meter = 15 Million Meter length
of highway = 15,000 Km of highways
constructed using plastic waste
Ø Now,
if 1 panel ( of 1 sq meter ) can generate 20-30 watts of solar power , then 300
million sq meter can produce … 300 million x 20 watts = 600 million watts
= 600 Mega Watts of power !
Procuring
Technology for “ Recycling of Plastics “ ……………………[ 16 Feb 2022 ]
Extract
:
[ B ] Technology ( brief description ) :
# Convert
all types of plastic waste into 16” x 8 “ x 8 “ Plastic
Blocks ( 10
Kg weight ) through
a compression process
# No need for any additives / glue
# Won’t
crack or crumble like standard concrete blocks
# Zero waste process
– 1 ton of plastic makes 1 ton of ByBlock
# No specialized labour required
If this technology can
produce blocks with sufficient compressive strength for use
in Highway Construction, then converting all 34 lakh tons of Plastic Waste can
give enough blocks to construct 61,818 KM of 4
lane ( 45 M wide ) highways (
Shri Nitin Gadkariji may want to confirm this with
technology developer )
[ C ] Country
where developed :
USA
[ D ] Inventor
/ Developer :
https://www.byfusion.com/byblock/
https://www.byfusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ByBlock%C2%AE-Product-Data-Sheet_2021.3-1.pdf
https://www.byfusion.com/faq-byblock/
Industry seeks compensation for businesses hit by single-use plastics ban
