The PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES 2016 (as amended in 2022) prohibit:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B.
1. The Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016 (notified under EPA 1986) regulate plastic manufacture, sale, use and disposal.
2. The Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules 2021 (notified 12 August 2021) introduced a phase-out of identified SINGLE-USE PLASTIC items.
3. From 1 JULY 2022, prohibition on manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of SUP items including: ear buds with plastic sticks, plastic sticks for balloons, plastic flags, candy sticks, ice cream sticks, polystyrene (thermocol) for decoration, plates, cups, glasses, cutlery, sweet boxes, invitation cards, cigarette packets, plastic stirrers, plastic banners less than 100 microns thick.
4. Rules also introduced EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY (EPR) regime for plastic packaging waste — producers liable for end-of-life management of their packaging.
5. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: EPA 1986 / Constitution / International Conventions — Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016 (Amendment 2021/2022)_
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