Creating Wealth from Plastic Waste needs a Systematic Approach by all Stakeholders

The advent of polymer science and the application of the polymers in packaging has been the greatest contribution to human health in last 5 decades. In last many years, several learned scientists and institutions have tested suitability of plastics for various packaging applications. Specifications have been made for kind of additives to be used. Billions of dollars have been spent in various labs to set up standards for plastics packaging application in a spectrum of forms like films, bottles, single layer or multilayer, application in hot or cold conditions, application with pressure or under vacuum, etc.

塑料制品,主要是有机的性质,are always in the cleanest form with least possible damage of any type to human beings, when used as packaging material. Today we have healthy children, clean hospitals, clean food habits, clean drinking habits, clean toilets all because of use of plastics in packaging. We have tamperproof medicines, we have safe drinking water, we have food with proper shelf life, and above all we can trust what we consume. Plastic packaging shields us from virus or bacteria attacks. Plastic packaging is like the defence or the Border Security Force which protects our country.

该行业也是该国最高的就业生成器之一，初创企业数量最多。当我们看到塑料的所有好处时，禁止塑料确实是一种不适的思维。为什么当世界向前发展时，我们必须回顾性思考。我们要去哪里带我们的国家，我们给我们的下一代带来了什么。我们不能用石头时代的思维负担他们。我们都同意，在清除食品，饮料或药品的任何包装材料之前，需要进行大量审查。但是“禁令”或“部分禁令”或“选择性禁令”不是答案。我们已经花费了大量的卢比来建立来自全国各个领域的实验室，我们需要信任他们。

Correction of any error is essential but retrospective step without scientific support is a dangerous trend for future.

应该辩论的问题是，我们如何通过人和当地城市机构参与该国有效的塑料废物回收。可以争论的是，在载袋或任何其他包装形式中使用的薄膜厚度是多少。厚度应该是轻松收集和回收的指导因素。我们今天听到的噪音更多是因为没有系统的废物收集。绝对不是因为塑料是滋扰。与其考虑禁止包装中的塑料，让我们考虑使用系统回收网络支持的塑料制造越来越安全的食物，饮料，牛奶和制药产品。

The nightmare is over and it is time for action. All the municipal commissioners are now geared up to work on separation of solid waste and organic waste. The Plastic waste management policy PWM-2016 has become reality now. Role and responsibility of all stake holders are very well defined in the policy. Modern world can not survive without the support of plastic industry. So please stop slogans like ban plastics. Instead please say collect plastic waste and build wealth and build a swatch bharat.

Plastic is essential part in every individual’s life, right from time you get up with your tooth brush in hand till the time you sleep with your finger on electric switch. Every industry is dependent of plastic industry to grow. Food & Beverage consume almost 40% of plastic as packaging and storage material. This is followed by automobile, white goods, electrical appliances, agricultural industry, construction industry, and toys for children, medical kits, medicine containers, educational instruments, recreation instruments and so on.

当我们使用塑料时，我们还会在其有用性丢失后产生浪费。真正的脱节是在这里发生的。该行业没有意识到，它必须更快地工作才能为塑料废物生成收集方法，以使其成为就业产业领域，并用适合行业和社会的产品为塑料废物生成应用。只有显着的例外是宠物产品的回收。每个宠物瓶都以合理的价格收集和出售。宠物是抹布拾音器的喜悦。For other plastic waste specially packaging films, wrappers and thermoformed thin containers road side is the destination. There was nobody to explain value of the plastic they throw to the street or at the lake side or at beaches. There was no strong authority to impose the laws to prevent littering. Food industry has been always coming up with innovative packages, but never thought of creating a cyclic approach. The present approach is eat or drink and throw the packing material into the street.The future approach will be eat and preserve the packing for generating sufficient income.More we keep the plastic waste in clean condition better the price you get. We as individual or collectively by the housing society can collect, store and sell all our plastic waste for a good price.

塑料废物可用于制造不同的产品，无论是用于工程和非工程应用。塑料废物可用于产生能源。处理后可以重复用于同一应用程序

In INDIAPLAST 2019 Exhibition, organized by PMMAI, concluded on 4th March 2019, we decided to educate people how waste recycling is happening across the country. We gave place for many champions of recycling world who showcased their contribution in recycling world. The pavilion was flooded with mainly youngsters who learned how plastic is not bad, but the way we handle plastic waste is wrong.

Some of the key takeaways are:

1）Deshmukh Research Institute展示了如何开发来自乡村专利的小型申请，以开发从乡村废物中开发有用的产品。DRI制造了砖块，预计将用于陆军掩体，因为它具有吸收高强度枪支的力量的能力。仅此应用就可以吸收大规模的混合塑料废物消耗。他开发了可以处理50公斤混合塑料废物与瓷砖，砖块，摊铺机和英里石的设备。通常，一个村庄的人口为10000至20000，每天产生的平均塑料废物不会超过50公斤。通过在每个村庄拥有这样的设备，所有塑料废物都可以转换为村庄的有用产品。PMMAI已决定将该倡议大大推向国家一级。

2) Recykal is a company which developed digital platform to help people to get value to their plastic wastage. Highly successful in Hyderabad, it is likely to hit all major cities. The App-based waste collection and creation of value for the waste segregated has helped in cultural changes of people.

3）一家位于浦那的公司Gore Plastics和Carbouys用玻璃反应堆演示了塑料废物如何转换为柴油，该柴油可以用作车辆或能源发电的燃料。该公司已在印度南部成功安装了两个5吨容量的工厂。这在收集量更高的中型城市中很有用。最坏的塑料废物与什至四核纸箱混合在一起，可以转换为拖拉机和能量产生的有用燃料。

4）一家位于浦那的初创公司Plus0ne为成千上万的人从Flex面板浪费中制作书包，为成千上万的人开发了就业机会。通常，用于广告的Flex面板实际上被倾倒以进行土地填充。现在可以使这样的挠性变得有用。这是一个社会企业，但对Swatch Bharat计划产生了很大影响。Flex是由PVC制成的，通常会去土地填充。

5）Bhopal的Sarthak Samudayik Vikas Evan Jankalyan Sanstha很好地证明了废物分离的博帕尔模型。该模型必须在全国重复。这也解释了为什么包括印度和博帕尔在内的中央邦的三个城市是印度的顶级绿色城市。然后，有许多由浪费，托盘，英里石，板条箱，整个低成本房屋制成的产品展示，均由即将到来的新初创企业组成。

Complete demonstration of how MLPs (multilayer) is reprocessed and converted to useful products was done by UFLEX, a global giant in multilayer products.

Today, India's per capita consumption of Plastic is approximately 12Kgs. The demand forecast is 20kg/person in year 2020. 40% of this is used food and beverage applications. This also means lot of plastic waste. This also means lot of business opportunity and employment generation. Hence EPR which is part of the PWM 2016 policy becomes very crucial. Responsible package development with recycling and reuse in mind must be the motto of food & Beverage Industry.

Per capita consumption of Plastic in India is too low compared to USA, Europe and China. The damage these countries have inflicted on environment is lesson to us to be one step ahead. We have better recycling rate and by driving systematic and sustainable program we can achieve target of less than one percent Plastic in land filling by year 2025.

In a seminar which I addressed in Pune, I told people to take 4R oath on Plastic waste management.

In conclusion, Employment opportunity will be there in developing machines and system for waste sorting, segregation, compacting, transporting, product developments and so on. We have to give respectability, health check, insurance, sustainable revenue for these warriors of SWATCH BHARAT. In next 10 years recycling and upcycling Industry will grow bigger than main stream business.

PLEASE DO NOT LITTER AND DO NOT MIX PLASTIC WITH ORGANIC WASTE. LET US KEEP PLASTIC WASTE IN CLEAN CONDITION FOR BETTER PRICE RECOVERY AND FOR BETTER ENVOIRNMENT.

CLEAN INDIA IS BETTER INDIA FOR OUR NEXT GENERATION.

AFTER ALL PLASTIC IS OUR FRIEND IN NEED. RESPECT PLASTIC.

Author is chairman of Active Biz Solutions Pvt Ltd. You can reach him on,

subba.bangera@activesolutions.co.in.