Rethinking Plastic Waste Management and Exploring the Sustainable Solution – An Evaluation of Bioplastics as Alternatives

India being a developing nation with growing population has become significant for migration and rapid urbanization resulting in heaps of solid waste, causing various environmental concerns. Among all, a notable amount of waste is from plastics which is from various sources as household, industrial products, food packaging, etc. Plastic turned out to be an unavoidable part in the past resulting to be an inevitable one in daily life. Growing demands are causing the generation of large amounts of plastic waste, and the poor state of waste management implies that large propositions of it is making its way hindering the existence of human life where only 15% of plastic being recycled. One of the consequences of using excess plastic is generation of plastic waste, especially through products which are of Single Use. These gradually breakdown into micro plastics severing into noxious substances and disintegrating the environment inclusive of the flora and fauna and human life collectively. In order to combat the excessive use plastic is being banned and bio plastics are introduced. This is expected to be a renewable form to reduce the problem of plastic waste which is suffocating and polluting the environment. The paper enunciates the impacts of plastic waste, its management and legislations with respect to the plastic waste management thereby discussing the ban of Single Use Plastics and the introduction of the Bio plastics along with its effectiveness.