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India generates significant amounts of plastic waste annually, much of which is not collected and ends up polluting the environment. Plastic pollution comes from various sources like single-use plastics, microplastics, and the breakdown of larger plastic pieces. The accumulation of plastic waste has negative economic, environmental, and health impacts. While India has pledged to eliminate single-use plastics, effective plastic waste management remains a challenge due to issues like mismanaged plastic waste, spurious biodegradable plastics, and lack of monitoring. Reducing, reusing, and recycling plastics can generate economic and environmental benefits.

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India generates significant amounts of plastic waste annually, much of which is not collected and ends up polluting the environment. Plastic pollution comes from various sources like single-use plastics, microplastics, and the breakdown of larger plastic pieces. The accumulation of plastic waste has negative economic, environmental, and health impacts. While India has pledged to eliminate single-use plastics, effective plastic waste management remains a challenge due to issues like mismanaged plastic waste, spurious biodegradable plastics, and lack of monitoring. Reducing, reusing, and recycling plastics can generate economic and environmental benefits.

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ASSIGNMENT

OF
INDIAN ETHOS AND BUSINESS
ETHICS

SPARSH TYAGI
MBA_MRKTNG-1
2019-1506-0001-0001
Introduction
Unlike other forms of wastes like paper, food peels, leaves etc., which are
biodegradable (capable of being decomposed by bacteria or other living
organisms) in nature, plastic waste because of its non-biodegradable nature persists
into the environment, for hundreds (or even thousands) of years.
Plastic pollution is caused by the accumulation of plastic waste in the environment.
It can be categorized in primary plastics, such as cigarette butts and bottle caps, or
secondary plastics, resulting from the degradation of the primary ones.
A recent study conducted by Un-Plastic Collective has revealed that India
generates 9.46 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, of which 40% remains
uncollected and 43% is used for packaging, most of which are of single-use plastic.

Types of Plastic Waste


Micro plastics are small plastic pieces of less than five millimeters in size.
Micro plastic includes micro beads (solid plastic particles of less than one
millimeter in their largest dimension) that are used in cosmetics and personal care
products, industrial scrubbers which are used for aggressive blast cleaning,
microfibers used in textiles and virgin resin pellets used in plastic manufacturing
processes.
Apart from cosmetics and personal care products most of the micro plastics result
from the breakdown of larger pieces of plastic that were not recycled and break up
due to exposure to the sun or physical wear.
Single-use plastic is a disposable material that can be used only once before it is
either thrown away or recycled, like plastic bags, water bottles, soda bottles,
straws, plastic plates, cups, most food packaging and coffee stirrers are sources of
single use plastic.
India has announced its commitment to eliminate single-use plastic by 2022 at
Confederation of Indian Industry’s Sustainability Summit in New Delhi.
Plastic Waste in India
According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), India generates close to
26,000 tonnes of plastic a day and over 10,000 tonnes a day of plastic waste
remains uncollected.
According to a Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
study the plastic processing industry is estimated to grow to 22 million tonnes
(MT) a year by 2020 from 13.4 MT in 2015 and nearly half of this is single-use
plastic.
India’s per capita plastic consumption of less than 11 kg, is nearly a tenth of the
United States of America (109 kg).

Impact of Plastic Waste


 Economic Losses:
 Implications for Animals
 Implications for Human Health
 Land Pollution
 Air Pollution
 Groundwater Pollution
 Water Pollution
 Impact on Habitats

Challenges
 Mismanaged Plastic Waste (plastic dumped openly)
 Spurious Biodegradable Plastic
 Online or E-Commerce Companies
 Micro plastics:
 Improper Implementation and Monitoring
 Terrestrial Plastic
Solution: Plastic Waste Management
 Reduce
 Reuse
 Recycle
 Economic benefits due to value addition
 Generates employment
 Reduces depletion of fossil fuel reserves.
 Reduces landfill problems
 Recycling of plastics requires less energy

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