Plastic waste collection and recycling come to the forefront in India

Sanjiv Mehta CEO and managing managing director of Hindustan Unilever speaking at the ElitePlus Conference in Mumbai

The first day of the Elite Conference in Mumbai, which opened on 4 September 2018, saw sustainability and recycling, taking up the entire morning and this theme carried on through out the ii days. Even the afternoon technical presentations referenced the waste matter collection and recycling themes. Day 2 of the effect started with insightful discussions on plastic recycling and technical presentations focused on leveraging innovations that can, in fact, reduce waste material and make it easier to recycle flexible packaging.

Notable on the commencement day were presentations that addressed the circular economic system, start by Vipul Shah, principal executive officer of Petrochemicals of Reliance Industries, then two presentations by Hindustan Unilever. In his keynote, 'Plastics – A Problem or Opportunity' by Sanjiv Mehta, the chief executive officer of the company was fairly comprehensive and implied non just that at that place is an opportunity in recovering and recycling plastics merely that Hindustan Unilever wants to pb this challenging try.

The presentation on 'Circular Economy and Extended Producer Responsibility Demystified' by Pradeeep Banerjee, executive manager of Supply Chain, Hindustan Unilever detailed this important component (EPR) of the Plastic Waste Managment Rules 2022 and their revision in 2018. The presentation by the authorities, in the person of P Raghvendra Rao, the secretary in the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals of the Regime of India, spoke of the PWM orders as a work in progress and one that looks to a collaborative approach with industry for implementation.

The panels on 'Policy and Framework' and 'Stop of Life Applications' were excellent, first of all for bringing all the stakeholders together on the same stage. These real world practical discussions require a more comprehensive study that we programme to write in the side by side few days. At this indicate, let me merely say that Malti Gadgil in the End-of-Life panel, apart from affirming the role and contribution of waste matter collectors, spoke of the importance of lateral and upcycling every bit a desirable and necessary condition for achieving a meaningful circular economy.

This article has been corrected on 10 September 2022 past the author.

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