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plastic waste management norms are president Anil Patil and Sahil Pendse There are more than 50,000 plastic
strictly followed, there is nothing else were present. entrepreneurs in the country. Also,
like it." Srisundu Mukherjee, entrepre- Huge opportunity for plastic export 95 percent of them are MSMEs. We
neur Sunil Raithatha, representatives focus on the domestic market. But
of BPCL, HPCL, Indian Oil, GAIL and Entrepreneur Raithatha said, "Plas- there is a huge opportunity for plastic
Mazagon Dock participated. Massia's tic industry is divided into two types exports. The government has many
Kishore Rathi and Manish Agarwal in- namely production and processing. schemes for the plastic industry."
teracted with the experts. Massia vice Both industries are interdependent.

Province adds more items to B.C.’s recycling systems
• plastic hangers (that come with
clothing);
• paper plates, bowls and cups
(with thin plastic lining);

• aluminum foil;
• aluminum-foil baking dishes and
pie plates; and
• metal storage tins (thin gauge).
Examples of flexible plastics now ac-
cepted at depots only:
• plastic sandwich and freezer
bags;
• plastic shrink wrap;
• flexible plastic drop sheets and
covering;
eople throughout British Colum- "Our government is working to en- • flexible plastic bubble wrap (no
Pbia will now find it easier and con- sure that people in B.C. can help to bubble wrap-lined paper);
venient to recycle a wider array of keep their communities and the en- • flexible plastic recycling bags
single-use plastic items and packaging vironment healthy. By expanding our
products in their residential blue box nation-leading recycling system to (blue, clear bags, or yellow or
blue bags used for curb-side col-
or at participating recycling depots. include more products, we are keep- lection);
These items include products that are ing more plastic out of our waterways • flexible plastic carry-out shopping
generally disposed of after a single or and landfills," said Aman Singh, Parlia- bags (reusable).
one- time use, such as plastic sand- mentary Secretary for Environment.
wich bags or throw-away party cups, "People across the province can now "This expanded materials list will al-
bowls and plates. Single-use plastics recycle a wider array of single- use low more material to be recycled,
are one of the most common items plastics and other materials in their keep it out of landfills and stop it from
found on B.C. shores. blue bins and at recycling depots. littering the environment," said Tama-
These regulations are separate from This builds on the significant progress ra Burns, executive director, Recycle
the federal ban on the manufactur- we've made through the CleanBC BC. "Residents play a key role in recy-
cling this material by enabling it to be
ing and importing of single-use plas- Plastics Action Plan."
tics, which came into effect on Dec. Newly accepted blue-box items in- collected – by putting it into their bins
or taking materials to a depot."
20, 2022. B.C.'s recycling regulatory clude:
changes cover a broader category of • plastic plates, bowls and cups; B.C. regulates the largest number of
single-use products and further en- • plastic cutlery and straws; residential packaging and products
sures that exemptions to the ban are • plastic food storage containers; in Canada through its extended pro-
recycled. ducer responsibility programs, where

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