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Chemical company Sabic has signed an LoI with Indian plastics recycler Pashupati Group. The LoI reportedly aims to develop plastic recycling opportunities in India. As part of the agreement, Pashupati is to provide its mechanical…
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Austria company Starlinger Group is to supply two PET bottle recycling lines to Indian plastics manufacturer Srichakra Polyplast. The recycling lines are to be delivered in early 2024. Srichakra Polyplast has already been operating a…
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India-based Shakti Plastic Industries is launching a bottle-to-bottle HDPE/PP recycling plant in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The plant is supposed to provide sorting, cleaning, shredding, and melting of plastic waste which is to be converted into…
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To mitigate the negative impact of plastic waste on coastlines, the forest department and district administration have established special check posts in Ervadi. The Ramanathapuram district is known for its rich biodiversity, including five bird…
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The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has stated that there is no 100% biodegradable plastic available in India, despite claims made by some companies for marketing purposes. Any such claims or ‘greenwashing’ are considered misleading…
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The Kochi Corporation has slapped fines worth Rs 54 lakh on waste violators during the last one month. Inspections were conducted at households, public places, and institutions. In addition, public awareness campaigns on following the…
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The Kerala government’s efforts to manage waste at the source are yielding positive results, as both the quantity of biodegradable waste gathered from the city and the amount reaching the Brahmpuram waste disposal site have…
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‘Swachhotsav – 2023: Rally for Garbage Free Cities’ was organized in New Delhi by MoHUA in collaboration with GIZ, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection; UNEP and UN Habitat,…
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In its Budget announcement, the Delhi government has committed to leveling the city’s three garbage mountains within two years and will loan the civic body ₹850 crore to speed up the process, according to state…
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For the first time, an Indian waste management company, Recykal, has made it to the list of Financial Times’ Top 500 High-Growth Companies Asia Pacific 2023. Hyderabad-based Recykal was ranked number 6 on the list.…
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Kia India has launched a plastic waste management program in association with the India Pollution Control Association (IPCA). The goal is to instill a sense of social responsibility among people so that efficient material recovery…
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Delhi civic officials have seized about 7,000 kilograms of single-use plastic (SUP) in the city as part of a 100-day program this month. The maximum amount (1,263 kg) of SUP has been seized from Shahdara…
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The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will purchase 20 baling press machines to process the city’s plastic waste. The machines will be supplied, operated, and maintained by a Maharashtra-based company. The BMC is investing approximately Rs…
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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and FMCG giant Hindustan Unilever (HUL) have announced the launch of an Inclusive Circular Economy project, which focuses on the end-to-end management of plastic waste by promoting the segregation…
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A new plastics recycling centre in Jammu will begin operations next month, according to Mr Hardeep Singh Mankotia – Chairman, Swacch Bharat Mission Standing Committee, Jammu Municipal Corporation. Speaking exclusively to SolidWasteIndia as part of…
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The Maharashtra government in India has decided to partially roll back its plastic ban policy, allowing all single-use items made of compostable plastic and bags made of polypropylene of not less than 60 grams per…
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Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Mr Anurag Thakur has said that 8.4 million kg of plastic waste has been collected across India since the start of the Swachh Bharat 2.0 programme. Thakur also…
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FMCG direct selling company, Amway India, has managed 100% of post-consumer plastic waste based on its Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) collection and recycled 100% of pre-consumer plastic waste produced at the Amway manufacturing facility. Through…
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Together with Yunus Social Business Fund gGmbH and its subsidiary Cofresco, German retail coffee company Melitta has set up a plastic recycling plant in Bangalore, Karnataka. The plant is part of an initiative named “Fair…
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Beginning July 1, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will step up its campaign against accumulated construction and demolition (C&D) debris as well as single-use plastic in public areas. The action was taken in response to…
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Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt. Ltd. (MDFVPL) has reaffirmed its commitment to a cleaner environment by pledging to become a plastic waste neutral company by FY2023-24, which means the company will collect, recycle, or…
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The Huhtamaki Foundation, a charitable trust run by Huhtamaki India, has inaugurated its first recycling plant in Khopoli, Maharashtra to help drive circularity for packaging. The site, spread across 2000 sq mt area, will recycle…
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The use of plastic waste instead of cooking and non-cooking coal in the steel sector will help reduce plastic waste, said Union Steel Minister Ram Chandra Prasad Singh at the opening session of the Plastic…
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Bhopal’s civic body claims that plastic waste has decreased by over 30% roughly, a year and a half after a single-use plastic (SUP) ban was implemented. Bhopal Municipal Commissioner (BMC) Mr MP Singh told The Times of India that enforcement through penalties, alternative packaging methods, and other…
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The Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) is planning to build a facility to convert non-recyclable waste, especially plastic, into fuel. With the state government paying a significant amount of money to bring refuse-derived fuel (RDF)…
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Chandigarh will soon be getting its first plastic waste recycling plant. The civic body is examining two plant designs. One under which the MC will only give land to a company that will build the…
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Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Mr Piyush Goyal has urged the plastics industry to reduce import dependency to become the world’s premium supply hub. “The plastic industry needs to reduce the volume of imports…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has levied penalties totaling approximately Rs 50 lakh on those caught using single-use plastics (SUP) in the last three years. The SDMC has issued roughly 2,120 challans as part…
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FMCG maker Procter & Gamble India has said it has become a ‘plastic waste neutral’ company in FY 2021-22, after having recycled 100 percent of post-consumer plastic packaging waste. The company, which has a portfolio…
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Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has said road construction costs must be reduced without compromising on quality. Addressing the 17th Annual Conference on ‘Road Development in India’ organised by Indian Infrastructure, he…
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Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has removed around 45,000 cubic metres of plastic waste and silt from 575 drains. Its target is to remove around 80,000 cubic metres from December 25 last year to March 7…
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Cement producing companies ACC and Ambuja Cements have installed a so-called Geocycle Bubble Barrier plastic waste separator in Sunder Nagar, Himachal Pradesh, reports Cemfuels.com. Reportedly, the separator will collect the waste for use as RDF…
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India has said that it is dedicated to addressing plastic pollution to lessen its negative impact on terrestrial and marine ecosystems, as well as the wellbeing of its people. Speaking at the United Nations Environment…
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Nearly 2,380 kg of plastics waste has been removed from the Nilgiri Mountain Route (NMR) route, the Southern Railway (SR) has informed a division bench of the Madras High Court. The petitioners, who include a…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded “people’s participation” in the Swacch Bharat Mission (SBM). Noting the increased use of cloth bags instead of polythene in various cities of the country, he said that the collective…
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is conducting inspections of stores and manufacturing units in the city to combat the use of single-use plastic (SUPs). The Joint Commissioner of Solid Waste Management, Mr Sarfaraz Khan,…
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India’s Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has notified the Guidelines on Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) on plastic packaging under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016. The Guidelines provide a framework to strengthen…
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Ayurveda major Dabur India Ltd claims to have become India’s first 100% ‘Plastic Waste Neutral company’, having collected, processed and recycled around 27,000 MT of post-consumer plastic waste from across the country in FY2021-22. This…
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Almost 90 international brands, including Coca Cola and PepsiCo, have called for a global pact to combat plastic pollution that includes cuts in plastic production. Kerala-based GreenWorms and Tomra are some of the waste management…
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The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEF&CC) has issued draft regulations on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for waste tyres. Released on December 31, 2021, the EPR Rules require registration of producers and recyclers…
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An agreement has been signed by the the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to procure 20 tonnes of plastic waste daily from the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) and use it to generate 400…
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At least 3.4 million tonnes per annum (TPA) of plastic waste was generated in 2019-20, of which approximately 1.5 million TPA was recycled and 0.16 million TPA co-processed in cement kilns. A portion of unprocessed and…
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The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has issued notices for closure to 1,278 recyclers operating without valid registration under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016. Similar notices have been sent to 551 plastic manufacturing units as well. The…
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UK-based Greenback Recycling Technologies Ltd. has agreed on an MoU with Indian chemical recycling technology firm Polycycl. As further reported, the companies will form business partnerships to implement plastic-to-oil projects in India, which will be…
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A new waste sorting and segregation plant is to be set up by the Clean Kerala Company (CKC) in Kadakampally village, Kerala. The plant shall process non-biodegradable waste, in particular plastic waste, as reported by…
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Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has released a study assessing how transparent state pollution control boards (PCBs) are, in terms of putting out environmental and governance information into the public domain. The study…
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Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) generated electricity by processing approximately 15,000 tons of plastic waste during the fiscal year 2018-19 (Apr-Mar), according to the company’s annual report. In addition, HUL collected and safely disposed of approximately…
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UltraTech Cement Ltd has announced that its integrated unit in Tamil Nadu, Reddipalayam Cement Works, has undertaken measures in which one-fourth of its fuel requirement is met through utilisation of waste materials sourced from local municipal corporations and industries. Reddipalayam Cement…
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Bangkok, Thailand-based chemicals company Indorama Ventures (IVL) has announced to expand its PET manufacturing site in Nagpur, Maharashtra, reports Recycling Today. As further announced by IVL, the expansion is worth USD 82 million and will…
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The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) has inaugurated its fourth Swachhta Kendra, or Material Recovery Facilities, in Worli (G-South ward) in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL). The MRF…
