Good Morning to All
Below is what my friend sent me. Not much but hope this helps – My friend is the owner of Packaging Printing Co. in Mumbai.
" Pl find below definitions given in the plastic waste management rule. Pl note there are series of gazette and amendments passed in the last few years and everything is not available in one print
Plastic Packaging" means packaging material made by using plastics for protecting, preserving, storing, and transporting of products in a variety of ways;
"carry bags" (covered under Category II of plastic packaging – Clause (5.1) (II), given in Schedule – II) mean bags made from plastic material or compostable plastic material, used for the purpose of carrying or dispensing commodities which have a self-carrying feature but do not include bags that constitute or form an integral part of the packaging in which goods are sealed prior to use;
a. Carry bag made of virgin or recycled plastic, shall not be less than fifty microns one hundred andtwenty (120) with effect from 30.9.2021 in thickness; seventy five microns in thickness with effect from the 30th September, 2021 and one hundred and twenty (120) microns in thickness with effect from the 31st December, 2022"
a. Plastic sheet or like, which is not an integral part of multi-layered packaging and cover made of plastic sheet used for packaging, wrapping the commodity shall not be less than 50 microns in thickness except as specified by the Central Government where the thickness of such plastic sheets impair the functionality of the product;
now there is no detailing on as specified by the Central Government but stretch wrap is permitted under this clause "
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