National Action Plan on Plastic Waste Management

“The National Action Plan on Plastic Waste Management is prepared based on a preventative approach and using 3R (Reduce Reuse and Recycle) related waste hierarchy. This approach is in line with the national policies of the government based on the policy statement, ‘Vistas of Prosperity’, as well as the view (as stated in ‘Sustainable Environmental Policy’) that ‘The linear economy in which manufacturers produce goods using the existing raw materials and dispose of waste into the environment will be replaced with the circular economy in which waste in one industry can be used as raw material in another’ (Re-Use, Recycle, Re-Purpose). This will create eco-industrial zones and pave the way for a green economy.”

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