Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules 2024. It defines biodegradable plastics as not only capable of degradation by biological processes in specific environments such as soil, landfill, but also as materials that do not leave any microplastics. Section 3 of the principal rules are amended by substituting the definitions for phrases such as biodegradable plastics, importer, manufacturer and producer.

The amendments aim to enhance plastic waste management practices in the country. It defines biodegradable plastics as not only capable of degradation by biological processes in specific environments such as soil, landfill, but also as materials that do not leave any microplastics.