In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires .-
(a) ''Act'' means the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986);
(b) "Carry bags" mean all plastic bags used to carry commodities, including self carrying features;
(c) "Commodities" mean articles; including but not limited to vegetables, fruits, pharmaceuticals, food grains and the like;
(d) "Compostable plastics" mean plastic that undergoes degradation by biological processes during composting to yield C 9 , water, inorganic compounds and biomass at a rate consistent with other known compostable materials and does not leave visible, distinguishable or toxic residue;
(e) "Consent" means the consent to establish and operate from the concerned State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee granted under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974), and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 198 1 (1 4 of 198 1);
(0 "Disintegration" means the physical breakdown of a material into very small fragments;
(g) "Extended producer's responsibility (EPR)" means the responsibility of a producer or manufacturer of plastic carry bags and multilayered plastic pouches or packages for the environmentally sound management of the product until the end of its life. This responsibility also applies to all manufactures using such packaging;
(h) 'LFood-stuffs" meanready to eat food products, fast food, processed or cooked food in liquid, powder, solid or semi-solid form;
(i) "Manufacturer" means any producer who manufactures plastic carry bags, multilayered packaging, pouches and the like or uses such materials in packaging of a product; ' fi) "Municipal authority" means Municipal Corporation, Municipality, Nagar Palika, Nagar Nigam, Nagar Panchayat, Municipal Council including notified area committee (NAC) or any other local body constituted under the relevant statutes and, where the management and handling of municipal solid waste is entrusted to such agency;
(k) ",Multilayered plastics" mean any material having a combination of more than one layer of packaging material such as paper, paper board, polymeric materials, metalised layers or aluminium foil, either in the form of a laminate or co-extruded structure;
(I) "Plastic" means material which contains as an essential ingredient a high polymer, and which at some stage in its processing into finished products can be shaped by flow;
(m)"Plastic waste" means any plastic product such as carry bags, pouches or multilayered packaging, which have been discarded after use or after their intended life is over;
(n) "Registration" means registration of units manufacturing or recycling carp bags made of virgin or recycled plastics with the concerned State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee, as the case may be;
(0) "Virgin plastic" means plastic material which has not been subjected to use earlier and has also not been blended with scrap or waste;
(p) "Waste management" means the scientific reduction, re-use, recovery, recycling, composting or disposal of plastic waste;
(9) "Waste pickers" m e E individuals or groups of individuals engaged in the collection of plastic waste.
4. Prescribed Authority..
The prescribed Authority means the Authority-
(a) for enforcement of the provisions of these rules related to authorization, manufacture, recycling and disposal shall be State Pollution Control Board and Pollution Control Committee in respect of Union territory; .
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(b) for enforcement of the provisions of these rules relating to the use, colleition, segregation, transportation and disposal of post consumer plastic waste shall be the concerned municipal authority.