Industry associations are of the view that all detailed measures taken them, the government and the industry should be incorporated in the final report on \"capacity building scheme on plastic waste management for urban local bodies\".

The decision was taken as a recent meeting of stakeholders to discuss the feasibility study report on \"capacity building scheme on plastic waste management for urban local bodies\" by the National Productivity Council, New Delhi.

The meeting also said that the following should be incorporated in the report:

1. Experience of the state government in handling a public private partnership (PPP) model and the best practices waste management in the studies cited.

2. Specific models to be evolved at the national level.

The feasibility study found that:

1. The average percentage of plastic in MSW for 10 cities is around 11.5 per cent.

2. Percentage contribution of poly bags in total plastic wastes is around 50 per cent.

3. Percentage contribution of thermocols in total plastic wastes is around 7.5 per cent.

4. Percentage contribution of metalised plastic pouches in total plastic wastes is around 12 per cent.

5. Other plastic contributes to around 30.5 per cent of total plastic waste.

The following recommendations of the study were also discussed:

1. Voluntary measures and awareness creation through launching of public awareness and anti-littering campaign. Introduction of a national code of practice for retailers and manufacturers.

2. Regulatory measures such as partial restrictions in use of plastic bags and thickness standards.

3. Monitory measures such as taxation, explicit pricing of poly bags, improvement of waste management system, development of effective recycling systems, support for alternative for bags.

4. Involvement of NGOs and waste pickers with adequate training.

5. Establishment of waste collection.

According to the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC), the aim of the study is to know about the composition and level of post consumer plastic wastes in municipal solid waste in 10 cities having population more than 2 million as also to identify the existing infrastructure facilities and incentive schemes available with urban local bodies for management disposal of post consumer plastic waste. Further, based on the best practices prevailing in the various areas in India, the study was to recommend activities that need to be undertaken for capacity building of urban local bodies.

The study covered the cities of Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Kolkata, Nagpur, Mumbai and Patna.