Target Fulfilment in EPR for Plastic Waste Management (Extended Producer Responsibility) EPR: Schedule a Call Back EPR, or Extended Producer Responsibility, refers to the responsibility of a producer for the sustainable management of their product throughout its entire life cycle, including disposal. This concept is gaining momentum globally as a way to encourage producers to […]
PRO, also known as Producer Responsibility Organization, is a crucial EPR principle, which puts the responsibility of environmental impacts of products on its producer. PRO recognizes two sectors Plastic and E-Waste Management. Digital PRO allows the producers to connect and transfer information through the web and other devices. PRO is financed and authorized individually and collectively […]
Plastic waste management in India – An Overview India will generate more than 3.6 million tonnes of plastic waste by 2022, with only 50% of the plastic waste being recycled using proper channelization methods. The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and climate change has stated that only 1,419 plastic waste processing and recycling units are registered […]
PRO is an authorized organization that shares the extended producer responsibility for the channelization and management of the e-waste generated from the end life of their product. The agencies worked with several processing technologies for dismantling and recycling the waste. Hence, assisting the producers in meeting their EPR targets. Product Responsibility Organizations were laid as a great initiative […]
Recycling – The Step towards Sustainability Recycling is the process of the eliminating waste deposition and reusing the end-of-life products to the maximum extent as possible. Recycling waste is the only way to achieve zero waste to landfill. In the world of creating waste, there’s no prior process to enable recycling operation. Recycling the waste […]
Extended Producer Responsibility or EPR is a policy under which producers are deemed responsible for managing their products—underlining with collection and recycling of post-consumer waste. It works with Producer Responsibility Organizations (PRO), wherein the producers are required to collect their generated wastes. The practice was introduced to shift the economic burden of waste disposal from […]
Extended producer responsibility is a policy measure in which brands, Manufacturers, traders and recyclers should take complete responsibility for handling the waste streams and efficiently disposing of them. EPR shifts the economic burden of recycling and disposal from the centre to producers and manufacturers and affects the economic, environmental, and social factors. Extended Producer Responsibility […]
Smart waste management eventually creates an active engagement towards the improper disposal of waste. The plastic waste footprint needs to be eradicated to pursue a cleaner and greener planet. “Today’s actions are tomorrow’s progression.” Every action and incident creates waste. The average deposition of waste per day is about 3.5 million tons of plastic waste […]
Plastic Waste Management – The Need for the environment Plastics – an integral part of everyone’s life is now unavoidable and inevitable. India generates more than 15 million tonnes of plastic waste every year. However, only one-fourth of the plastic waste is reutilized again for use, and the remaining plastic waste is left without concern. […]