Residential Training Programme: Navigating the Plastic Tide

India’s policy landscape for managing plastic waste delegates huge responsibilities to urban local bodies. To ensure accountability of Indian industries towards collecting and recycling plastic packaging waste,there is now a legal mandate for producers, brand owners and importers. While the policy framework is robust, the current state of plastic pollution calls for prioritising capacity building of municipal government officials to improve on-ground implementation. 

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has been supporting the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in its initiatives towards strengthening implementation of the flagship Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 since 2021. Besides,CSE has been working to reduce plastic pollution including in the marine environment, through research, capacity building and advocacy. 

Recognising the need to equip municipal governments with strategies, tools and knowledge to navigate the plastic landscape, CSE has announced this four-day tailor-made residential training programme. This training is designed for municipal officials, state-level authorities, pollution control boards, private sector and other stakeholders in plastics circularity. It will provide an in-depth understanding of topics ranging from regulatory frameworks, implementation modalities, ways of reducing mismanaged plastics and plastic leakages, etc. 

Course Highlights

• Assessment of cost of managing plastic waste in Indian cities
• Understanding India’s Plastic Waste Management Rules (2016) and the EPR framework, single use plastic ban etc.
• Role of ULBs in implementation: ground realities, challenges, and solutions
• Strategies for plastic waste minimisation, segregation, and leakage prevention 

What Participants Will Gain

• Certificate of Completion from CSE
• Hands-on tools, frameworks, and planning templates to calculate the cost of managing plastic waste in Indian cities
• Case studies from Indian cities
• Networking with practitioners, government agencies, and industry experts 

For more information, please reach out to:

Dr Tribhuwan Singh Bisht
Deputy Programme Manager
Solid Waste Management and Circular Economy Unit, CSE
Email: tribhuwan.bisht@cseindia.org
Mobile: 7678294666