Plastic Parks to come up in Odisha, MP, Assam and Tamil Nadu
Updated: Dec 17, 2013 01:43:46pm
New Delhi, Dec 17 (KNN) The Government of India has approved the setting up of four plastic parks in Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Assam and Tamil Nadu which manufacturers of telecom, automobile and others will use to source raw material.
“Final approval has been given for setting up of Plastic Parks in Odisha at Siju Village, Kujanga Tehsil, in Jagatsinghpur District and in Madhya Pradesh at Tamot Village, Gohargunj Tehsil, of Raisen District. ‘In principle approval’ has also been accorded to the proposed plastic parks in Assam, Tinsukia District and in Tamil Nadu at Voyalur Village, PonneriTaluk of Thiruvallur District),” said Minister for Chemicals and fertilizers, Srikant Kumar Jena in the Lok Sabha today.
The Government of India, he said provides grant funding up to 50 per cent of the project cost, subject to a ceiling of Rs 40 crore per project under the scheme.
A major area of concern is the indiscriminate littering of used plastic bags and the absence of organized segregation/cleaning of plastic wastes in urban centers.
“Accordingly, the Ministry of Environment and Forest has notified the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. These Rules regulate the manufacture and usage of certain plastic products, and the management of plastic waste,” Jena said.
He pointed out that while the virgin plastic bags are not per-se injurious to health or hazardous to environment as plastic is a chemically inert substance; recycled / coloured bags are.
The government had launched the National Plastic Park Policy in 2010 and modified it in 2013. The policy seeks to organise the plastic manufacturing and processing industry by setting up dedicated plastic parks. States, which did not have special zones for the sector, were asked to earmark land for such parks.
The projects had been shortlisted depending on either their proximity to market or PCPIR zone where raw material availability is preferred. PCPIR- Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR) is a flagship scheme of the department of chemicals and petrochemical to develop projects to ensure raw material availability of the petrochemical and plastic industry.
The setting up of plastic parks is certainly timely as most units in the industry belong to the small and medium category. While they produce and process plastic, there is no common hub for them to source raw material. (KNN/ES)
“Final approval has been given for setting up of Plastic Parks in Odisha at Siju Village, Kujanga Tehsil, in Jagatsinghpur District and in Madhya Pradesh at Tamot Village, Gohargunj Tehsil, of Raisen District. ‘In principle approval’ has also been accorded to the proposed plastic parks in Assam, Tinsukia District and in Tamil Nadu at Voyalur Village, PonneriTaluk of Thiruvallur District),” said Minister for Chemicals and fertilizers, Srikant Kumar Jena in the Lok Sabha today.
The Government of India, he said provides grant funding up to 50 per cent of the project cost, subject to a ceiling of Rs 40 crore per project under the scheme.
A major area of concern is the indiscriminate littering of used plastic bags and the absence of organized segregation/cleaning of plastic wastes in urban centers.
“Accordingly, the Ministry of Environment and Forest has notified the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. These Rules regulate the manufacture and usage of certain plastic products, and the management of plastic waste,” Jena said.
He pointed out that while the virgin plastic bags are not per-se injurious to health or hazardous to environment as plastic is a chemically inert substance; recycled / coloured bags are.
The government had launched the National Plastic Park Policy in 2010 and modified it in 2013. The policy seeks to organise the plastic manufacturing and processing industry by setting up dedicated plastic parks. States, which did not have special zones for the sector, were asked to earmark land for such parks.
The projects had been shortlisted depending on either their proximity to market or PCPIR zone where raw material availability is preferred. PCPIR- Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR) is a flagship scheme of the department of chemicals and petrochemical to develop projects to ensure raw material availability of the petrochemical and plastic industry.
The setting up of plastic parks is certainly timely as most units in the industry belong to the small and medium category. While they produce and process plastic, there is no common hub for them to source raw material. (KNN/ES)
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