Rule, 2021

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EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 531] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2021/BHADRA 31, 1943

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 17th September, 2021

G.S.R. 647(E).—Whereas, the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 were notified by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change vide notification number

G.S.R. 320 (E), dated the 18th March, 2016; Whereas clause (b) of sub-rule (1) of rule 4 of the said rules provides that carry bags made of recycled plastic or products made of recycled plastic shall not be used for storing, carrying, dispensing or packaging ready to eat or drink food stuff;

Whereas, Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006) is an Act to consolidate the laws relating to food and to establish the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India for laying down science based standards for articles of food and to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import, to ensure availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto; Now therefore, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 6, 8 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), read with sub-rule (4) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, the Central Government after having dispensed with the requirement of notice under clause (a) of sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the said rule in public interest, hereby makes the following rules to further amend the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, namely:-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Plastic Waste Management (Second Amendment) Rules, 2021.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, in rule 4, in sub-rule (1), for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - “(b) carry bags made of recycled plastic or products made of recycled plastic can be used for storing, carrying, dispensing, or packaging ready to eat or drink food stuff subject to the notification of appropriate standards and regulation under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006) by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India;”.

Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, vide number

G.S.R 320 (E), dated the 18 th March, 2016 and subsequently amended vide notification number

G.S.R 285 (E), dated the 27 th March, 2018 and last amended vide notification number

G.S.R. 571 (E), dated the 12 th August, 2021.

NARESH PAL GANGAWAR, Jt. Secy.

and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

ALOK KUMAR

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