Name: Rupinder Kaur Tiwana
Country: India

Year: 2022
Volume: Volume-12, Issue-1 (January-June)
Page Number: 1-11

Abstract
In recent times pollution by plastic waste is becoming a serious concern across the globe. The
water bodies all over the world are drowning in plastic which is leading towards global crises.
As per the recent report, yearly around 11 million tons of plastic waste enter the ocean, it also
states that as per the current projections it is expected to quadruple from in 2050. In case no
action is taken, the annual plastic flow into the ocean will be almost triple by 2040. At such an
alarming situation various administrative body across the world have started many awareness
programs one of them is Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). It is an concept in which
importers and producers are held responsible for managing end-of-life packaging and to
promote plastic circularity. The system favorable opportunity to the producers/importers to
create an ecosystem of division of the burden of managing plastic waste. The paper undertakes
to measure the effectiveness of the Extend