In 2026, the Government of India notified amendments to the Plastic Waste Management Rules, making it mandatory for producers and brand owners to use what type of material in plastic packaging to promote circular economy practices?
Recycled plastic content
The Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, framed under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, place Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) on producers, importers and brand owners for the plastic packaging they put on the market.
The 2026 amendments made it mandatory for producers and brand owners to use recycled plastic content in their plastic packaging, so that plastic waste is collected, recycled and reused, in line with circular economy practices.
The rules do not mandate imported compostable material, bamboo-based polymers or metallic coatings.
Hence, the answer is Recycled plastic content.
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