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Indian chemical recycling technology company Polycycl and India-based environmental company Re Sustainability have announced a collaboration to set up a network of chemical recycling facilities in India. Under the collaboration, low-grade plastics, such as flexible…
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The recycling plant in Kesare, Karnataka, has been commissioned. It processes solid and wet waste. According to the source, the plant will initially process 50 tons of waste per day. The capacity is planned to…
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India-based Cerebra Integrated Technologies Limited has signed a Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) with Hyundai Corporation recently for PV Solar module recycling in India. With this agreement, Hyundai is expected to contribute its expertise in solar…
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Four circular economy parks are being considered in Maharashtra and the state is preparing to create its own circular economy park policy. Leading recyclers, policymakers, business executives, SPCB, IITs, civil society organizations, and experts were…
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The Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI) which is organizing its 10th International Material Recycling Conference in Kerala from February 2-4, has issued a call for entries on innovative recycling business ideas. The IMRC Awards…
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Recycling company Gravita India Limited has published its figures for Q2 of the financial year 2023, that ended on 30 September 2022. Revenues from operations reached INR 6.83 billion (EUR 83.7 million) an increase of…
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A tender seeking a new plant operator, replacing Re Sustainability Limited (RE) (formerly known as Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited) was due to open on 13 September 2022. The tender was floated by Municipal Corporation of…
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According to an industry report released earlier this week, India’s import of waste and scrap materials has increased by 76% in value terms to USD 12.5 billion in 2020-21 from USD 7.1 in 2014-15. According…
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According to a poll conducted by the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon’s (MCG) solid waste management concessionaire Ecogreen, just 36% of families in the city separate their waste. In spite of the corporation starting source separation…
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According to a research by the World Gold Council, India’s gold refining business has seen tremendous expansion in recent years, with the country ranked fourth in global gold recycling in 2021, behind China, Italy, and…
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Plans have emerged for an MSW management also producing energy in Kurbathang, in Kargil District, Union Territory of Ladakh. The facility should produce energy, as well as provide recycling and composting. As further stated in…
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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 Ninth Indian Material Recycling Conference (IMRC) organized by the Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI) will take place in Delhi between May 5-7, 2022. This year, the sessions include Circular Economy – the way…
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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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The Delhi government has announced the establishment of the “country’s first” e-waste eco-park in New Delhi to deal with rising e-waste The Delhi goverment plans to carry out recycling and remanufacturing on the 20-acre plot…
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Researchers at IIT-Guwahati have developed a 3D printer that uses construction waste to print furniture. The concrete printer, jointly developed by IIT-Guwahati and Deltasys E-Forming, is capable of printing components up to 1 m long, 1 m…
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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued draft guidelines for the use of recycled plastics as food packaging. The Draft Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) Amendment Regulations 2022 pertain to the…
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The two MSW treatment and recycling plants in Kesare and Rayanakere, located in Mysuru (Mysore), Karnataka, have not made any further progress since late 2020, reports Star of Mysore. According to a the source, the…
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The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has launched a thermocol recycling initiative in association with the Solid Waste Collection and Handling (SWaCH) collective of waste-pickers and KK Nag Private Limited. Through this, Pune hopes to have…
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The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has proposed that construction projects which generate more than 20 tonne of waste daily will have to set up a recycling plant where the waste will be converted into aggregates…
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Six potential bidders have been identified for developing the Bainguinim WtE plant, according to a senior government official. As reported by the Times of India, the companies are now asked to deliver the request for…
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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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Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) is about to open a 400 tpd legacy waste remediation plant, producing RDF, at the Lakhnawali landfill site in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Trials have started recently and the…
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Indian recycling company Gravita India Ltd. wants to enter the electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling market and is currently in discussion with a European technology provider. Gravita India Ltd. is mainly active in lead batteries…
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The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) is planning to develop material recovery facilities (MRFs) for segregating waste. Currently, all the waste is taken to a secondary collection centre before being transported to the Bhandwari landfill.…
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The Maharashtra government has approved the Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) plan to develop composting plants, material recovery facilities (MRF), and construction and demolition (C&D) projects. This marks a shift from the NMC’s earlier focus on…
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In 2006, Ahmedabad-based Sandeep Patel launched his waste management business. By his own admission, the initial years were tough, but Sandeep persisted. Fifteen years later, Nepra Waste Management Pvt. Ltd. finds itself among India’s largest and most reputed dry…
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MLP, or Multi-Layered Plastic, is a type of plastic most commonly used for packaging of food items such as chips, biscuits, chocolates, and other snacks. Mostly, MLP packets have two sheets of plastic enclosing a…
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The COVID-19 crisis has severely impacted the plastic recycling value chain owing to extended lockdowns and movement restrictions, as per a study commissioned by Circulate Capital, carried out by GA Circular, to understand challenges faced…
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Uttar Pradesh’s first construction and demolition (C&D) waste management plant is finally functional in Noida’s Sector 80. The Times of India reports that the main machinery for the plant is yet to be imported while…
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Uflex Ltd., a packaging firm, has announced the investment of INR 5 crores in a pyrolysis plant at its site in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, as well as in a plastics recycling facility. The pyrolysis plant,…
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India completely bans import of plastic waste; a transition period has been announced till 31 August, after which the ban will come into effect. As reported by EUWID, a ban was already in place, but…
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United Global Trust is planning to setup a new electronic waste recycling facility in Guwahati, Assam, which will serve eight states in northeast India. The project is supported by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).…
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According to a report by The Hindu Businessline, Osaka-based aluminium manufacturer, Daiki Aluminium Industry of Japan, will invest INR 208 crores for constructing a recycled aluminium alloy facility in Andhra Pradesh. The plant will have…
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Indian lead-acid storage battery and power storage device manufacturer, Exide Industries Ltd. is planning to build a battery recycling facility in Haldia, West Bengal. The plant, which will be equipped with European technology, will have…
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Joint venture CERO has opened a car recycling facility in Delhi. CERO is a partnership between Mahindra Accelo, a steel service subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra, and government-owned company MSTC, reports the Business Standard. According…
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In December 2017, the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation and Bengaluru-based VVD Constructions signed an agreement to build a construction and demolition (C&D) plant in Vijayawada. However, according to the New Indian Express, the construction works, which…
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In January 2017, Indian company Neway Engineers MSW Private Ltd. was supposed to start the construction of a recycling plant for 200 tpd of construction and demolition (C&D) waste, which was expected to be built…
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According to The Quint, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is expected to be signed between the Belgian capital Brussels and the Greater Chennai Corporation, in order to facilitate funding from multilateral agencies for infrastructure development…
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The governing civic body of Mumbai, Maharashtra, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), intends to build WtE plants at its waste management centres in the districts of Bandra, Kurla and Borivli, as reported by the Hindustan…
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The Shishambara solid waste management plant near Dehradun has formally begun operation. The facility includes composting, recycling, Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) production as well as sanitary landfill (SLF), as The Times of India reported. The plant…
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The 5th International Indian Metals Recycling Conference of the Metal Recycling Association of India (MRAI) will take place from 17 to 19 January 2018 in Goa. The conference will focus on ferrous and nonferrous metals…
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Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation’s (KSIDC) will be allocated land to build solid waste and plastic recovery and recycling facilities, as reported by The Hindu. The facilities should be located near the KSIDC centres in…
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The Coimbatore Corporation has received the permission of the State Government of Tamil Nadu for establishing a recycling plant to recycle C&D waste at a cost of EUR 157,094 through a PPP project. The plant…
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Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) wants to set up three construction-waste and recycling plants in the outskirts of Bengaluru. Each of the facilities will be able to handle about 750 tons per day, totaling a…
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Civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has issued a request for proposals for the development of three construction and demolition (C&D) waste recycling facilities in the outskirts of Bangalore, Karnataka. Each plant should have…
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Almost 8 years after the Shishambara solid waste recycling plant was first proposed, the project might finally be realised. Reason for the delay was a petition by an individual that had stopped implementation of the…
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IT company Cerebra Integrated Technologies has started construction on an e-waste recycling facility located in Narsapura, Bangalore, as reported by the source. The plant was said to be finished within 6 months as Cerebra will…
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The INR 6.2 million West Hill plastic recycling plant in Kozhikode, Kerala, had to shut down temporarily due to difficulties in running the plant, according to The Times of India. People residing in the area…
