‘Prakriti’ & Green Initiatives on Plastic Waste Management

Current Context: Shri Bhupender Yadav (Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change) launched ‘Prakriti’ and Green Initiatives for Effective Plastic Waste Management.

Prakriti is a mascot to spread awareness among the masses to adopt small changes in lifestyle for a better environment.
The event also shared various initiatives taken by MOEFCC and Central Pollution Control Board for effective plastic waste management in the country.
To tackle the problem of plastic waste India has pledged to phase out Single-Use Plastics (SUPs) by 2022.
During the event following green initiatives for plastic waste management were launched:-

National Dashboard on Elimination of Single-Use Plastic and Plastic Waste Management
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Portal for Plastic Packaging
Mobile App for Single-Use Plastics Grievance Redressal
Monitoring module for SUP
Industrial production of Graphene from Waste Plastic