These rules shall be called the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2018. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
Applicable on : These rules shall apply to every waste generator, local body, Gram Panchayat, manufacturer, Importers and producer.
The rule shall not apply to the export oriented units or units in special economic zones, notified by the Central Government, manufacturing their products against an order for export: Provide this exemption shall not apply to units engaged in packaging of gutkha, tobacco and pan masala and also to any surplus or rejects, left over products and the like.
Every producer or brand-owner shall, for the purpose of registration or for renewal of registration, make an application in Form-I to
- “The concerned State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee of the Union territory, if operating one or two States or Union Territories”; or
- “The Central Pollution Control Board, if operating in more than two States or Union Territories”.