Union Minister Bhupender Yadav launches Mascot ‘Prakriti’ and  Green Initiatives for Effective Plastic Waste Management

Union Minister Bhupender Yadav launches Mascot ‘Prakriti’ and  Green Initiatives for Effective Plastic Waste Management

  • The Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC), Shri Bhupender Yadav launched a mascot and various green initiatives taken by MoEFCC and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
  • The mascot named ‘Prakriti’, will spread awareness among people about small changes that can be sustainably adopt in our lifestyle for a better environment
  • The green initiatives launched will ensure Plastic Waste Management (PWM) in the country. These are:
    • National Dashboard on Elimination of Single Use Plastic and Plastic Waste Management (MoEFCC) 
    • Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Portal for Plastic Packaging (CPCB) 
    • Mobile App for Single Use Plastics (SUP) Grievance Redressal (CPCB)
    • Monitoring module for SUP (CPCB), for local bodies, SPCBs/PCCs and CPCB,
    • Industrial production of Graphene from Waste Plastic (G B Pant NIHE & NRDC) to promote more industries to come forward to up cycle plastic waste.
  • The initiative is in line with the vision of Prime Minister,Shri Narendra Modi to phase out Single Use Plastics (SUPs) by 2022.

Source: PIB

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