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EPR. He provided the ground reality of what is actually Forum, Indore
happening. He informed that the members have many He began by sharing the current scenario of Madhya
questions in mind such as how much EPR should they do? Pradesh. He suggested that the EPR system should be a
What percentage? etc... He believed that EPR is centralised throughout the country so that everyone is
necessary to do and their association is following it but aware of what has to be done and how EPR has to be
he highlighted that there is lack of clarity amongst the followed as their biggest concern are the small MSME's.
members on the EPR guidelines. He appreciated the Mr. Bansal expressed that they want to request the
webinar as it helped to have a discussion on one government to exempt MSME's from EPR. He concluded
platform which provided some clarity on the subject.
by saying that there should be a centralised system of
Dr. Prashant Agarwal, Hon. Secretary, Vidarbha what and how it has to be done.
Plastic Industries Association, Nagpur Mr Vijay Kumar, President, Karnataka State Plastic
Started by recommending that when EPR is announced Association
and asked to be followed in somewhat smaller regions, Mr Kumar highlighted the reality in the state of
incentives or payback schemes should be provided by
Karnataka. He began by explaining that the EPR form is
the government where the industry has a support to be mandatory to be filled by all the people who are part of
started in rural or backwards areas. He concluded by the value chain including retailers and all the other
saying that their association is always in support of mentioned in the PWM Rules. But the reality is that they
AIPMA and all the people who are working for the have been targeting only the producers and no brand
betterment of the plastic industry.
owners have even registered
Mr Sachin Bansal, President, Indian Plastipack

coo@aipma.net

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