The plastic waste management shall be as under:-
(a) recycling, recovery or disposal of plastic waste shall be carried out as per the rules, regulations and standards stipulated by the Central Government from time to time:
(b) recycling of plaSifcs shall be carried out in accordance with the Indian Standard : IS 14534:1998 titled as Guidelines for Recycling of Plastics, as amended from time to time;
(c) the municipal authority shall be responsible for setting up: operationalisation and co-ordination of the waste management system and for performing the associated functions, namely:- ( i ) to ensure safe collection, storage, segregation, transportation, processing and disposal of plastic waste; (ii) to ensure that no damage is caused to [Sm 11-TFS 3(ii)l omaTr i r : :m 21 the environment during this process; (iii) to ensure setting up of collection centres for plastic waste involving manufacturers; (iv) to ensure its channelisation to recyclers; (v) to create awareness among all stakeholders about their responsibilities;
(vi) to engage agencies or groups working in waste management including waste pickers, and (vii) to ensure that open burning of plastic waste is not permitted;
(d) for setting up plastic waste collection centres, the municipal authority may ask the manufacturers, either collectively or individually in 1ir.e with the principle of Extended Producer's Responsibility (EPR) to provide the required finance to establish such collection centre;
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(e) recyclers shall ensure that recycling facilities are in accordance with the Indian Standard: IS 14534:1948 titled as Guidelines for Recycling of Plastics and in compliance with the rules under the ~nvironment (Protection) Act, 1986, as amended from time to time; \ ( f ) the concerned municipal authority shall ensure that the residues generated from recycling processes are disposed of in compliance with Schedule I1 (Management of Municipal Solid Wastes) and Schedule 111 (Specifications for Landfill Sites) of the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000 made under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, as amended from time to time;
(g) the municipal authority shall incorporate the said rules in the Municipal bye laws of all the Urban Local Bodies;
(h) the municipal authority shall encourage the use of plastic waste by adopting suitable technology such as in road construction, co-incineration etc. The municipal authority or the operator intending to use such technology shall ensure the compliance with the prescribed standards including pollution norms prescribed by the competent authority in this regard.