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Sundaram Plastics Ltd, a Chennai manufacturer, sells packaged goods in multilayer plastic packaging. Its board is told that under India's Plastic Waste Management Rules, brand owners carry Extended Producer Responsibility for the plastic packaging they place on the market. What does EPR require of Sundaram Plastics?
Under Extended Producer Responsibility, a brand owner like Sundaram Plastics must ensure that the plastic packaging it places on the market is collected and recycled, reused or disposed of in an environmentally sound way, meeting prescribed targets. Liability is not discharged by a donation or shifted to consumers.
- AEnsure collection and environmentally sound recycling or disposal of the plastic packaging waste it generates, as per targetsCorrect
- BPay a one-time donation to the local municipality and be released from further obligation
- CStop using all plastic packaging within one year of registration
- DTransfer all liability to consumers who discard the packaging
Explanation
EPR makes producers, importers and brand owners responsible for the collection and recycling, reuse or end-of-life disposal of plastic packaging they introduce, against prescribed targets. It does not end with a donation, does not impose a blanket ban, and cannot be shifted to consumers.
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