Himachal Pradesh government will start single use plastic buy back scheme

Himachal Pradesh government will start single use plastic buy back scheme

The central government is all set to ban the use of single-use plastic from 01 July, 2022. In line with the

decision of the Centre, Himachal Pradesh has launched 'Single-Use Plastic Buy Back Scheme'.

Under the Single Use Plastic Buy Back Scheme, the Himachal Pradesh government will buy single use plastic items from students of schools and colleges. This step will inculcate the spirit of environmental protection among the youth.

Under this, students will be encouraged to bring single-use plastic items from home and deposit them in schools. For this, the government will pay Rs.75 per

kg to the students. This scheme was started with the aim of inculcating the habit of environmental protection among the youth.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change had notified the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021. These rules were notified to

ban specific single-use plastic items. Single use plastic is also known as disposable plastic.

They are used only once. Plastic is so convenient and cheap that it has replaced all other materials in the

packaging industry. However it takes hundreds of years to decompose. India generates 9.46 million tons of plastic waste every year, of which 43 per cent is single-

use plastic.