Unmanaged and littered plastic waste including plastic packaging waste has adverse impacts on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. The Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, provides the statutory framework for plastic waste management in an environmentally sound manner throughout the country. Considering the adverse effect of littered single use plastic items on terrestrial, aquatic and marine ecosystems, the Ministry notified the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, on 12th August 2021, prohibiting identified single use plastic items, which have low utility and high littering potential, from 1st July 2022. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has also notified the Guidelines on the Extended Producer Responsibility for plastic packaging vide Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2022, on 16th February, 2022.

As per Annual report of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on the implementation of Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, the plastic waste generated in the country during the last five years are given below:

S. No.	Year	Plastic Waste Generated (Tonnes Per Annum- TPA)
	2016-17	1,568,714
	2017-18	660,787
	2018-19	3,360,043
	2019-20	3,469,780
	2020-21	4,126,997

 

The plastic waste generated state-wise and year-wise as per Central Pollution Control Board Annual reports have been provided in Annexure I.

The total Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) of registered producers, importers and brand owners for plastic packaging is around 3 million tonnes for the year 2022 – 23, under EPR Guidelines.  The EPR certificates generated by registered plastic waste processors after processing of plastic packaging waste including recycling is 2.5 million tonnes.

Annexure I

Year wise data for Plastic Waste Generation as per CPCB Annual Reports*

 

(* consolidated based upon information provided by State Pollution Control Board / Pollution Control Committee)

 

S. No.	States/UTs
		2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21
	Andhra Pradesh	82863	NA	66314	46222	39626.45
	Arunachal Pradesh	NA	6	3787.37	2721	3755.9
	Assam	24030	NA	32277.87	24971	58765
	Bihar	2280	2280	68903.328	41365	74263.69
	Chhattisgarh	7300	NA	6000	32850	47450
	Goa	NA	NA	32580.52	26068	29441
	Gujarat	269294.88	269808	356873	408201	337693.96
	Haryana	23369.09	NA	68735.26	147734	185168
	Himachal Pradesh	255	NA	3672	13683	6206.78
	Jammu & Kashmir	NA	27870	34367.37	74826.33	51710.6
	Jharkhand	NA	NA	51454.53	43332	20263.45
	Karnataka	419600	NA	272776	296380	368080
	Kerala	NA	NA	133316	131400	120063.87
	Madhya  Pradesh	50457.07	61037	72327.39	121079	138483.58
	Maharashtra	21420.33	NA	409630	443724	311254
	Manipur	NA	24	12453.8	8293	10303
	Meghalaya	13.265	15.096	1263	5043
	Mizoram	NA	NA	13.306	7909	1514.51
	Nagaland	NA	14052.5	268.18	565	4785.94
	Odisha	6890.805	12092.205	90138.98	45339.4	51269.9
	Punjab	163423.4	54066.1	119414.64	92890	108332.06
	Rajasthan	NA	NA	104704.383	51966	66324.57
	Sikkim	102.7	NA	5.66	69	82.75
	Tamil Nadu	79114.792	NA	401091	431472	430107
	Telangana	NA	NA	183014.65	233655	472675
	Tripura	30	28.5	26.2	32	61.65
	Uttar Pradesh	152492.6445	206733.4505	254401.8	161148	375950
	Uttarakhand	NA	NA	31093	25203	18647.75
	West Bengal	NA	NA	300236.12	300236	417925
	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	365	NA	1850	387	492.342
	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	NA	NA	1947.7	1948	4726
	Chandigarh	21516.75	12775	11715.4	6746	13107.15
	Lakshadweep	NA	NA	148	46	523.54
	Delhi NCR	232732	NA	224810	230525	345000
	Puducherry	9252.25	NA	8433	11753	12754

 

This information was given by Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

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