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♦ SRI LANKA: Smart recycling bins set up by gional Roundtable in Colombo in April 2025.
Chakra Suthra offer incentives for responsi- These forums explored policy, technical, and
ble plastic disposal. People can deposit plas- market-oriented solutions, strengthening re-
tic bottles and receive immediate recycling gional collaboration for scalable plastic waste
credits that are redeemable for data pur- solutions.
chases and bill payments via a mobile phone
app. The project also actively engaged South Asian
youth through a Hackathon, generating many
new ideas like biodegradable fish storage box-
es, an enzyme-based plastic biodegradation so-
lution, and a gaming app for reducing household
waste.
Through the project, SACEP has advanced pol-
icy development and regional cooperation on
plastic waste management and circular econo-
my solutions. It has organized multistakeholder
policy dialogues, including six high-level national Source - sacep.org
roundtable discussions during 2024 and a Re-
Draft Notification dated 3rd June 2025,
proposing key amendments to the Plastic
Waste Management Rules, 2016.
he Ministry of Environment, Forest and lenges. The government is inviting public com-
Climate Change has released a draft ments and suggestions on the draft within sixty
Tnotification on June 3, 2025, propos- days from its publication in the Gazette.
ing amendments to the Plastic Waste Manage-
ment Rules, 2016. These changes aim to further The proposed amendments, titled “Plastic Waste
strengthen the effective implementation of Ex- Management (Second Amendment) Rules,
tended Producer Responsibility (EPR) guidelines 2025,” introduce phased mandatory targets for
for plastic packaging and address existing chal- the use of recycled plastic content in packaging
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