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Re Sustainability and Recycling Private Limited, Asia’s largest integrated waste management company, and Aarti Circularity Limited, a manufacturer of speciality chemicals, have formed a joint venture to develop plastics recycling in India. The companies aim to build Plastic Materials Recycling Facilities (PMRFs) across India. To start off, they are investing INR 1 billion (€ 11.1 […]
Cirplus, a European platform for procuring recycled plastics, is looking to take advantage of the growing demand for recycled plastics in India and the broader Asian markets. The company today announced that it was commencing operations in India with the launch of Cirplus India Pvt. Ltd. The new subsidiary, headquartered in Mumbai, will leverage the […]
Mumbai: Plastic Manufacturers upskill 100 youth from underprivileged families to allow them secure a job in the plastic industry. With the growing demand of Indian plastic across the world, the All India Plastic Manufacturers’ Association aims to empower over 10,000 students by upskilling them with the technology required in the plastic industry. AIPMA, a 78-year-old association […]
SABIC and Pashupati Group have joined forces to enhance local business opportunities for used plastics in India, which includes converting plastic waste into pyrolysis oil for use as feedstock in the production of SABIC’s certified circular polymers. Pashupati Group recycles plastic waste and supplies polyolefin pellets, packaging bags, and other recycled products across the northern, western, and southern […]
India’s plastics recycling rate stood at 8% in 2019. The country generates nearly 26,000 tonnes of plastic waste every day, more than any economy expect the United States and the European Union. In an effort to build a circular plastics economy in India, a consortium of Indian and Australian research organisations has developed a roadmap to 2035 […]
Chennai: India has the potential to emerge as a global plastic supplier and the domestic plastic market is expected to more than triple to reach Rs 10 lakh crore by 2027-28, officials said on Sunday. According to the All India Plastics Manufacturers’ Association, the market size of plastics in India was Rs 3.5 lakh crore. Besides the growth of plastics in […]
As the world’s nations enter another round of talks this week on creating a first-ever treaty to contain plastic pollution, officials are bracing for tough negotiations over whether to limit the amount of plastic being produced or just to focus on the management of waste. Working with a document called a “zero draft” that lists […]
PLASTICS Report: Plastics Machinery Shipments Grew in Third Quarter (PLASTICS) today announced that shipments of primary plastics machinery (injection molding and extrusion) in North America increased in the third quarter according to the statistics compiled and reported by PLASTICS’ Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES). The preliminary estimate of shipment value from reporting companies totaled $333.8 […]