The Central Government, Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, is planning to set up six 'plastic parks' during the 12th Plan period.
The proposed parks will come up in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh.
However, the department has already commenced work on four plastic parks in Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Orissa and Assam and these parks will be ready in the next one or two years. The six proposed parks will be in addition to them. The Centre will provide subsidy with a maximum capital of Rs 40 crore per park project.
The plastic park scheme involves the cluster of plastic industry where a plastic reprocessing and recycling plant and waste management system is set up in PPP mode.