Advances in Plastic and Packaging Waste Management By Tushar K Bandopadhyay Indian Centre for Plastics in the Environment – (ICPE) www.icpeenvis.nic.in , www.icpe.in

Generates Waste in the Short term

MAJOR APPLICATIONS OF PLASTICS Agriculture Healthcare / Medical Education Pipes for Water, Gas and Sewerage Building & Construction Cables – Electrical & Telecommunication Electrical & Electronics Equipment Thermal Insulation Automobile, Aviation & Railways Packaging ~ 35 % Flexible Packaging Household Furniture Toys & Many Others

PLASTICS APPLICATIONS GENERATING WASTE MOST OF THE OTHER APPLICATIONS OF PLASTICS ARE FOR LONG AND MEDIUM TERM USAGE AND DO NOT GENERATE WASTE IN THE SHORT TERM IN INDIA, RIGID PLASTICS WASTES ARE MOSTLY RECYCLED AND REUSED – DO NOT CREATE ANY WASTE MANAGEMENT ISSUE FLEXIBLE PACKAGING IS THE SECTOR WHICH GENERATE WASTE IN THE SHORT TERM AND ON A REGULAR BASIS FLEXIBLE PLASTICS WASTES ARE GENERALLY ABANDONED CREATING WASTE MANAGEMENT & OTHER ISSUES

MAJOR SOURCES OF PLASTICS WASTE IN INDIA REQUIRING ATTENTION FOR ITS PROPER MANAGEMENT Packaging Flexible Packaging - Thin Carry Bags - Flexible Packaging Film - Multilayer and Laminates Expanded Polystyrene (EPS / THERMOCOL) Disposable - Cups / Plates / Cutlery

PLASTICS WASTE GENERATION (Post Consumer Waste) For the Year 2013-14   Plastics Consumption – 10.182 Mn. Tonnes Estimated plastics waste generation (flexible packaging waste) constituting 35% of total plastics consumption) :3.729 Mn. Tonnes Plastics waste recycled @ 60% (flexible packaging waste) :2.237 Mn Tonnes Plastics waste remained uncollected :(3.729–2.237) =1.492Mn Tonnes

PLASTICS WASTE MANAGEMENET OPTIONS THROUGH RECYCLING & RECOVERY

CO-PROCESSING IN CEMENT KILN ENERGY RECOVERY CO-PROCESSING IN CEMENT KILN ALL TYPES OF MIXED PLASTICS WASTE CAN BE USED SEGREGATION AND CLEANING NOT REQUIRED

ISSUE: COLLECTION & TRANSPORTATION COST ENERGY RECOVERY CO-PROCESSING IN CEMENT KILNS ͂ 60 % Replacement of Coal Established - (Germany) ICPE & ACC Ltd With The Help of MPPCB Established Protocol for Co-processing Plastics Waste in Cement Kilns in India At 10% Replacement Rate About 100 Cement Kilns In India could use up entire Plastics Waste generated in the country today in a scientific manner with additional benefit of saving on coal ISSUE: COLLECTION & TRANSPORTATION COST

ALL TYPES OF MIXED PLASTICS WASTE CAN BE USED WITHOUT CONVERSION TO FUEL Hyderabad Mumbai ALL TYPES OF MIXED PLASTICS WASTE CAN BE USED WITHOUT ELABORATE CLEANING

PLASTICS WASTE TO FUEL PLANT ZERO WASTE PROJECT AT NEW DELHI COLONY

PLASTICS WASTE IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION Bidyasagar Street – Kalyani West Bengal

… PLASTICS WASTE IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION Prof. V S AGHASE ROAD DADAR, MUMBAI ASPHALT PLANT OF BMC, WORLI, MUMBAI

PLASTICS WASTE IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION Government of India Has Issued Order To All 29 States and The UT’s Making Use of Waste Plastics Mandatory for the Construction of Bitumen Road in the Country 450, 000 KM Rural Road in India Can Use At Least 0.5 Mn Tons of Plastics Waste

RECOMMENDATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR MECHANICAL RECYCLING OF MIXED PLASTICS WASTE INTO LUMBER / COMPRESSED BOARDS / CORRUGATED SHEETS AND PLASMA RECYCLING OF DOMESTIC HAZARDOUS PLASTICS – ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTRY REQUIREMENT IS SHARING OF RESPONSIBILITY BY ALL STAKE HOLDERS IN COLLECTION OF WASTE FOR ITS SCIENTIFIC PROCESSING AS PER PLASTICS WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES, 2016, MoEF, GoI