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3. Plastics and Waste Management

Outcomes

 States / UTs to

(i) effectively enforce ban on identified Single Use

Plastic (SUP) items,

(ii) promote alternatives to banned SUPs

(iii) promote innovations in the area of alternatives
and effective plastic waste management,

(iv) carry out awareness generation for behavioral

change,

(v) provide assistance and undertake capacity
building of MSMEs

 States / UTs to strengthen waste processing

infrastructure including recycling infrastructure to ensure

fulfillment of EPR

 States/UTs to

(i) hold regular meetings of State Level and District
level taskforces on elimination of single use
plastics and effective plastic waste management,

(ii) develop and implement comprehensive action

plan and update progress on national dashboard

 Best practices for promotion of alternatives by

States/UTs to be shared for wider adoption

 States/UTs to ensure effective waste management in
both urban and rural areas.

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