The Department of Environment, Science and Technology had made buy back arrangement @ Rs.3 to 4 per kg of plastics waste under “Polythene Hatao, Paryavaran Bachao Abhiyan”, but it did not yield desired results since the rate offered didn’t commensurate with the effort made in terms of man-hours spent.

The cost was then revised based on following calculation:

Minimum wage rate of GoHP per day	Rs. 225 for 8 hours
Wage rate for one hour	Rs. 28 - 30
Time required to collect one KG plastics waste	2 - 3 hours (Average)
Costs to collect one KG plastic waste	Rs 60 - 90
Average costs to collect one KG plastic waste	Rs 75