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challenges, India has introduced   packaging  rolls  and  paper
        initiatives aimed at improving    cores from 100 percent recycled
        paper waste management. The       material.”
        Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban           Pathways to Improvement:
        (SBM-U 2.0), launched in 2021,    To   improve   paper    waste
        focuses on enhancing waste        management     in   India,  a
        segregation   and   integrating   multifaceted   approach     is
        informal waste workers into       essential. Enhancing collection
        formal collection systems. Digital   and  segregation   systems
        platforms like Recykal are also   through   mechanisation   and
        emerging,   streamlining   the    community    participation  is
        collection and trade of recyclable   crucial. Policy interventions like
        paper, connecting  generators     Extended Producer Responsibility
        of  waste  with recyclers, and    (EPR) can motivate businesses
        increasing  proficiency  in  the   to  manage  their  paper  waste
        recycling value chain. PM Modi    more effectively by holding
        also mentioned in his ‘Mann ki    them   accountable   for  the
        Baat’ address, “In cities like Jalna,   entire lifecycle of their products.
        some start-ups are making         Public awareness campaigns































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