Eco Innovation

Day
(We ban Plastic Bags)

Presented By:
Mohamed Rizwan | T.S. Prasath
(IFIM Business School, Bangalore)

Agenda

Plastic Carry Bags Introduction

Why Plastic Carry Bags still preferred?
Environmental Laws and Government
Norms
Feasible Solution to reduce Plastic Carry
Bags
Execution Plan

Plastic Carry Bags

Introduction

Plastic Carry Bags

Introduction

Used to carry purchased goods at the time of

shopping

Harmful to the environment which indirectly

affects the human health, wildlife and marine life

Plastic bags pollute our land and water

Not easy to recycle - not be decomposed easily

3% of the total production of plastic products

Why Plastic Carry Bags still

preferred?

Very good water resistant

More durable than paper bags

Easier to carry and light in weight

Strong, good and cheap to produce

Environmental Laws and

Government Norms

Environment Protection Act (1986) - Prison

term of upto 7 years / a fine of 1 lakh.

Raising the thickness

Production cost to rise

Collecting the waste

Real Issue

Insufficient infrastructure
for Waste Management
The disposal problem for solid waste,
including the plastic waste in the urban
areas.

Feasible Solution
Solution 1:

Reduction in Plastics usage by monitoring

(Locality City State)
- ELCITA Plastics Authority
Plastics Entry Authorization Team
Plastics Seggregation and Maintenance
Team
Plastics Usage Analysis Team

Feasible Solution

Solution 2:

Heavy tax should be levied on nonrecyclable Plastics Carry Bags

manufacturers

Tax concession - for promoting recyclable

carry materials, especially Jute and cloth
bags.

Feasible Solution

Solution 3:

Government should incentivize the

consumers of plastics by buying back used
plastic materials.

Can be done through Plastics Collection

Campaign in different regions.

Feasible Solution
Solution 4:

Improve the Solid Waste

management system

By educating and
creating awareness

Seggregation of Waste

Arrangement for Recycling

of all recyclable waste

Throw your
Plastics here
(Dustbin)

Execution Plan

Step 1 : Creating awareness about the harmful effects of

Plastic Carry Bags
Educational Institutions & Corporates
Step 2 : Create a pre-plan document about the
monitoring process
Step 3 : Meet the concerned authorities on the process
plan
Step 4 : With the help of them, requesting for a demo
Step 5 : Finalizing the procedure

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