Action Plan for Elimination of identified Single-Use Plastics and effective implementation of Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016

(concerned Central Ministries / Departments)

# Activity/Sub-Activity Budget allocation Nature of activity Timeline Responsible Dept/Agency
1 Policy and Regulatory Framework 0 Short Term
1.1 Preparation of a comprehensive action plan for elimination of single use plastics 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
1.2 Policy for inclusion of components relating to elimination of SUP and remediation/management of legacy waste in project proposals under SBM 2.0 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
1.3 Policy for development of decentralised recycling infrastructure/End of Life Disposal infrastructure, with special focus on low-value plastics 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
1.4 Adoption of sustainable public procurement policy for products and plastic packaging material made of recycled plastics, and alternatives to identified single use plastics, as per applicable standards 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
2 Institutional Mechanism 0 Short Term
2.1 Constitution of District Level Task Force (excluding million plus cities) under District Magistrate 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
2.2 Setting up of a plastic waste management cell at State (Each in Urban and Rural Development Departments or the concerned Departments), District (in Zilla Parishad for all therural areas), in each ULB 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
3 Management of littered single use plastic items in Rural Areas 0 Short Term
3.1 Identification of littering hot spots with respect SUP items and development of strategy for their collection and further management 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
3.2 Identification of ingress points of littered single use plastic items in surface water bodies and drains and strategy for prevention at GP level 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
3.3 Phased plan for cleaning surface water bodies, and drains of floating singles use plastic items and their further management at GP level 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
3.4 Document total quantity of plastic waste present in legacy waste sites and implementation of plan to manage legacy plastic waste - location-wise (GP level) 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
3.5 Activities to be specifically included under Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 for SUP elimination and management of legacy waste sites, as per guidelines 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
4 Plastic waste management including single use plastics 0 Short Term
4.1 Assessment of plastic waste generation in GPs 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
4.2 Assessment of infrastructure required for plastic waste management – collection , segregation, recycling / EOLD- for GPs 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
4.3 Details of infrastructure for collection, segregation and channelization of plastic waste to recyclers/EOLD for GPs 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
4.4 Gap analysis and strategy for development of infrastructure for PWM for GPs 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
4.5 Leveraging of funds undue Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0, as per guidelines 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
4.6 Strategy for collection and segregation of plastic waste at the GP level 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
5 Plastic recycling infrastructure and end of life disposal facilities 0 Short Term
5.1 Development of database of recyclers of plastic category wise and also EOLD entities for non ULB areas 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
5.2 Development of plan/incentive scheme for promotion of setting up of recycling facilities category wise 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
5.3 Development of industrial composting facilities for compostable plastics: Number and quantity 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
5.4 Development of infrastructure/incentive scheme for EOLD, -Waste to oil, waste to energy, road construction, coprocessing cement kilns 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
6 Data collection and monitoring mechanism 0 Short Term
6.1 Development of online database and monitoring system covering items covered under Comprehensive Action Plan 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
6.2 Online public grievance/complaints portal 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
6.3 Mechanism to undertake regular quarterly survey for (i) prohibited single-use plastic items in plastic waste and (ii) compositional characterization of plastic waste in the following categories (a) Rigid plastic packaging including multilayered packaging, (b) Flexible plastic packaging -single layered and multilayered of the plastics only and (c) Multi layered multimaterial(at least one layer of plastic and at least one layer of other material) plastic packaging 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
7 Awareness generation and capacity building 0 Short Term
7.1 Preparation of road map for awareness generation activities at Village level for citizens, institutional waste generators, RWAs/Market associations 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
7.2 Strategy for targeted campaign at littering hotspots such as tourist spots, places of religious and cultural importance, weekly markets, urban sprawls against littering, and promoting alternate packaging material 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25
7.3 Capacity building for repurposing and promoting reuse of plastic packaging 0 Short Term
7.4 Capacity building of Zilla Parishads for PWM 0 Short Term
8 Action taken for reducing /elimination of single use plastic items in State/UT Government offices, attached /subordinate offices, PSUs/ organization 0 Short Term
8.1 Implementation of actions given in Standard Guidelines for single use plastic issued earlier by the Ministry (enclosed) 0 Short Term As per the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Phase- II timeline from 2020-21 to 2024-25