CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Plastic Pact has been developed as a collaboration between WRAP, WWF India, and the CII. It is an effective collaboration of businesses, governments and NGOs as a result of which plastics can be reduced, recycled and reused in their value chain.

Detailed explanation-2: -The India Plastics Pact is a collaboration between the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and WWF India. Within CII, the initiative is anchored at the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CESD). The initiative is supported by WRAP, a global NGO based in the UK.

Detailed explanation-3: -UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) and WRAP fully support the plastic pact in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -The India Plastics Pact holistically addresses the plastic pollution crisis through Target 1, which seeks to address problematic plastics in the value chain, and through Targets 2, 3, and 4, which address the manufacture, use, and circulation of plastics.

Detailed explanation-5: -The India Plastics Pact (IPP) has launched as a collaboration between: WWF India. the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).