Towards a Circular Plastics Economy: India's Actions to #

In India, 60 per cent of plastics (PET bottles, HDPE containers, PVC pipes) are recycled; these are mostly downcycled in an informal setting, and often ends up in …Web

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PET Recycling in India

In India, PET recycling usually starts with waste collectors/rag pickers collecting the discarded mix of PET bottles and selling it to 'kabadiwallahs' (waste traders). They manually separate the PET …Web

Applying the extended producer responsibility towards …

Besides lead-acid batteries, India also applied EPR to plastic waste and e-waste in 2011 (Government of India, 2011). Regarding plastic waste, municipal authorities are responsible for setting up, …Web

Chemical recycling of plastic not so fantastic, report finds

A new report by NGOs International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) and Beyond Plastics scrutinizes the chemical recycling industry that is on the rise in the U.S. and other parts of the ...Web

About Us and our Campaigns

Rethink Plastic is an alliance of leading European NGOs, with thousands of active groups, supporters and citizens in every EU Member State. We bring together policy and technical expertise from a variety of relevant fields, and work with European policy-makers to design and deliver policy solutions for a future that is free from plastic ...Web

Recircle

ReCircle is driven by a singular mission : to accelerate the world's transition to a circular economy. To achieve our mission, we have instituted flagship initiatives such as Kind Plastic, ClimaOne, Plastic-Offset Programs and ground level community collection drives. Join us whatever your waste management needs may be; we are your partners ...Web

Recycling, NGO reps weigh in on chemical recycling

Recycling, NGO reps weigh in on chemical recycling. Published: October 24, 2023. Updated: October 24, 2023. by Marissa Heffernan. website builder. Lynn Hoffman of Eureka Recycling was a speaker on a recent webinar discussing the merits and shortcomings of the myriad processes grouped under the umbrella of "chemical …Web

Recycling as a solution to better plastic waste management at

The recycling rate of goods is nearly quadrupled compared with today. In 2016, 48% of these plastic products were mismanaged. Under the System Change Scenario, the mismanaged rate for these products could drop to 12%. The recycling rate of rigid mono-material plastic would double compared with today.Web

India Is Turning Waste Into An Opportunity By Recycling 80 Per …

Over the years, India is emerging as one of the world leaders when it comes to plastic recycling. According to a study by scientists from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) - National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), in India, 65% of used PET bottles are recycled at registered facilities, 15% in the unorganized sector and 10% …Web

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The India Plastics Pact is an ambitious, collaborative initiative that is bringing together businesses, governments and NGOs to reduce, reuse, and recycle plastics in their value chain. The Pact aims to transform the …Web

TACKLING PLASTIC POLLUTION IN NIGERIA

To make a meaningful impact in addressing the issue of PET bottles, collaborative efforts are needed from bottlers, governments, and NGOs. In the fight for a sustainable future, collaboration is ...Web

NGO in Dehradun Recycles Over 6,000 Tonnes of Plastic Waste …

The non-profit organisation has collected, segregated, and recycled 6,772 metric tonnes of plastic waste in the city of Dehradun since 2018, news agency PTI reported. The estimated plastic waste ...Web

These organisations are making recycling just one call away

Abhyudaya. Started by professor Sandeep Varasankar, Abhyudaya has been supporting two initiatives — recycling and child education. The NGO which offers door-to-door collection service encourages ...Web

Don't resume plastic waste import, focus on recycling local waste: NGO

New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) A non-government organisation (NGO) on Wednesday urged the government not to resume import of plastic waste into India and said it should instead focus on recycling the local waste. The government had banned the import of plastic waste in 2019 to promote the management of locally generated plastic waste …Web

UFlex sets up plastic packaging recycling lines in India

UFlex says its PET bottle postconsumer recyclate (PCR) line will send bottles collected by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and waste collection agencies from the Delhi area through a process of shredding, washing and drying, before going to an extruder to form chips. The company says clear PET bottles "will further be upcycled to ...Web

Egypt s Efforts to Reduce Plastic Pollution (SUPBs)

projects9that help reduce the use of single-use plastic bags. Preparing a database for each of the large, medium and small companies that manufacture alternatives to single-use plastic bags and NGOs working in the field of awareness to reduce the use of single-use plastic bags Designing an experimental electronic platform for multipleWeb

Recycle India Foundation | Non profit organization

Recycle India Foundation is an NGO that works for purifying our environment and making our lives better by educating, promoting and working in recycling plastic and E-Wastes. Mobile/Whatsapp :+91 …Web

Refuse, recycle, reuse, repurpose plastic | Nepali Times

Now, an organisation working on environmental sustainability is recycling plastic in an attempt to reduce and clean up the waste while also creating jobs. Creasion was founded in 2005 and is working in Chitwan and Kathmandu to recycle PET bottles through segregation and baling before repurposing them.Web

Indian start-up recycles plastic to help the environment and fight …

One plastic credit purchased from rePurpose Global for about $50 cents is equal to one kilogram of plastic removed and eliminated from the environment —a kilo …Web

India 'getting more mature' in plastics recycling

The recycling rate target for rigid plastic, starting at 50 percent in 2025, will rise to 80 percent by 2028 under the plan. The government told the Indian parliament recently that more than 5,000 ...Web

PSD Plastics, Partnership for Sustainable Development Nepal …

Plastic Recycling (i) Recycling is currently conducted in parntership with Himalayan Plastic, Pokhara. With over 200 tonnes of plastic bottle (PET) waste annually in the National Parks of Nepal, PSD Nepal is forming partnerships with local communities to promote recycling. In Langtang National Park, CDO, LNP and local elder KGLS …Web

BasicShit: The NGO converting plastic and trash into treasure

BasicShit, a Delhi-based NGO, is not waiting for the government to solve India's swelling plastic problem. On 1 July, 2022, India imposed a nationwide ban on the manufacturing, import, sale, use and distribution of single-use plastic items. Such plastic has a low utility and high littering value, and is often …

Nod to import 90,000 tonnes of plastic waste, greens object

"As per the industry data, more than 14 lakh tonnes of PET plastic are consumed annually in the country, and even with a global highest 80% recycling rate, approximately 2.8 lakh tonnes of ...Web

PET recycling in India- A Booming and Bustling Industry

INDUSTRY SETUP. Of the 2700 kilo-tonnes of PET made in India annually, the industries here recycle 90% of its PET waste, outperforming Japan, Europe and US. The rest ends up in land fills right ...Web

Plastics For Change India Foundation

Plastics For Change India Foundation. Skip to Content. Improving the infrastructure capabilities of the recycling industry and provide holistic development of the waste picker communities in India.Web

Urban Science | Free Full-Text | Emerging …

This study uses a qualitative approach to address limitations and blockages to current plastics reduction via semi-structured interviews with zero waste business practitioners in India. Although they are …Web

Recycled plastic collected by Indian waste pickers turned into 152

In 2020, the H&M Foundation launched a first-of-its-kind, 11-million-US-dollar initiative, Saamuhika Shakti ("Collective Power"), to address the gaps in this system: It unites ten local experts and NGOs across sectors in Bengaluru, India, aiming to turn plastic waste into a valuable resource and to equip waste pickers to lift themselves out ...Web

Plastics get new life in Thailand

Beyond recycling: plastics in Thailand get a new life cycle. ... NGOs offer education and action hand-in-hand ... 10 tons of PET waste bottles were collected from Samet Island and coastal areas in ...Web

UFlex sets up plastic packaging recycling lines in India

UFlex says its PET bottle postconsumer recyclate (PCR) line will send bottles collected by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and waste collection …Web

A review of plastic waste circular actions in seven developing

For plastic recycling, the waste volume was reported to be around 1 million tonnes in 2016, with an average recycling rate of 24% (MESTECC, 2018). The recycling rate for plastic is targeted to be 40% and 76% in 2025 and 2030, respectively (Ministry of Environment & Water Malaysia, 2021). Packaging made of PET has the highest average …Web