CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has recently approved to set up ten plastic parks in the country. The parks are being set up under the Plastic Park scheme that was launched in 2019.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Union Government has given the final approval for setting up a plastic park at Ganjimutt in Mangaluru, according to Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP. The park will be set up on 104 acres of Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) land at an estimated cost of ₹62.77 crore.

Detailed explanation-3: -A plastic park is an industrial zone devoted to plastic enterprises and its allies industries. It includes a whole range of companies required by the plastics processing community from material and machinery suppliers, plastics processing companies, plastic recycling companies including waste management system.

Detailed explanation-4: -To curb the pollution caused by littered and unmanaged plastic waste, the Government of India has imposed a ban on the manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale, and use of identified single-use plastic items, which have low utility and high littering potential all across the country.

Detailed explanation-5: -The details of all 6 plastic parks are given below.