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| INAUGURAL ADDRESS BY SHRI INDRAJIT PAL, I.A.S., SECRETARY, DEPT. OF CHEMICALS & PETROCHEMICALS, MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS, GOVT. OF INDIA AND PRESIDENT - CIPET GOVERNING COUNCIL |
April 28, 2013, Hyderabad, India – Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET) with the support of Dept. of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Ministry Of Chemicals & Fertilizers , Govt. of India has organized a Technical Seminor on “Plastics Recycling & Waste Management ” is being held in Taj Vivanta Hotel, Begumpet, Hyderabad on 25.03.2013. CIPET has set-up a Plastics Waste Management Centre at Guwahati and undertakes E-Waste recycling project at Laboratory for Advanced Research in Polymeric Materials (LARPM) Bhubaneshwar with active participation of plastics recycling industries.
The seminar inaguarated by Shri Indrajit Pal, IAS, Secretary (C&PC), Dept.of chemicals & Petrochmicals , Govt. of India.
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| RELEASING OF SEMINAR PROCEEDINGS BY SHRI INDRAJIT PAL, I.A.S., SECRETARY, DEPT. OF CHEMICALS & PETROCHEMICALS,MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS, GOVT. OF INDIA AND PRESIDENT - CIPET GOVERNING COUNCIL |
A uninque advantage of plastics is its ability to be reprocessed and Recycled quite easily. The Methods and technologies used for recycling depend on the availability and the types of plastics to be recycled, level of investment and techno-economic feasibility. These include mechanical recycling, mixed-waste recycling and chemical recycling also known as feedstock recycling . The World over 4R approach viz. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover is adopted for effective management of plastics waste. The quantum of plastics waste is increasing due to increase in Population urbanization development activities and changes in life style leading to widespread littering on the landscape. Thus, disposal of waste plastic is a menace and has become a serious problem due to lack of awareness among the people regarding plastics waste management.
In India, nearly 30%-40% of the plastic wastes are being recycled, which are of the highest in the world. Compartively, only 7% of the plastics wastes in Europe are being recycled . In Japan, China and South Africa, the Recycling % are only 12%, 10% and 16% respectively.
The recycled plastics should not be used for producing containers /Packaging materials which are used for food packaging. If plastics can be collected and disposed off or recycled as per laid down guidelines/rules then the issue of plastic waste can be suitably addressed. The management of plastic waste lies in devising models for its integrated waste collection, segregation & recycling . As per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), India around 15,342 tons of plastics waste is generated per day . As per CPCB studywhich was conducted in 60 major cities of the country, plastics waste constitutes to about 10-15% of Municiapl Solid Waste. The are about 3500 organized recycling units and around 10,000 unorganized recycling units in India.
The proper waste management technique and recycling of plastics can have several other adavantages like conservation of non-renewable fossil fuels, Reduced consumption of energy, Reduced amounts of solid waste going to landfill , Reduced emissions of carbon –dioxide, nitrogen oxides and sulfur-dioxide. It may be noted that plastics are 100% recyclable and as such they do not harm the environment is used and disposed off sensibly.
Recycling of plastics Waste in a proper and scientific manner improves disposed system of non-biodegradable waste, saves money in disposal costs, conserves natural resources creates jobs and provides a reliable cost effective mechanism to the industry.
A study conducted by EPTRI during 2011 on “Inventorization of e-waste for Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Visakapatnam” informed that 3739.82 ,209.70, 318.90 MT of e-waste have been generated. About, 65% e-waste in Hyderabad comes from computers & its peripherals from the bulk users, whereas Vijayawada and Visakapatnam polluted by television followed by computer and observed that major comes from households.
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| PANEL DISCUSSION |
The annual per Capita Consumption of Plastics in India is 5.8 k.g. compared to 29 k.g. in China and 109 k.g. in USA. The post –consumer plastics waste is 5% of Municipal Solid Waste(MSW) generated in India as follows :-
- Thermoplastics (Recyclables) consititute 80% PET, LDPE, HDPE, PP, PS
- Therzmoset (Non-Recyclables) consititute 20% Multilayer & Laminated Plastics, Bakelite, Ploycarbonate, Melamine, Nylon.
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