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‘Building India’s Recycling Infrastructure’

Dr. Sheikh Nayeem, Director of Energy dra Mission 2.0 was launched to make
& Sustainability, California State Uni- the state litter & garbage free. About 79
versity, USA gave a formula that waste ULBs are having material recovery facili-
can be managed by refusing, reducing, ties where recyclable plastic & recycled
reusing, recycling, increasing awareness, waste will be separated. The non-recycla-
education & outreach. Awareness edu- ble waste will go to the cement plants for
cation & outreach is very important in co-insulation & bio-waste will go to the
the waste management industry. Dr. Mi- composting plants.
e Care with The Policy Times had chikazu Kojima, Research Fellow, ERIA Mr. Mathew Jose, Founder & CEO, Pa-
Wrecently organized a WeCare Pol- & Ex-Chief Senior Researcher Institue perman said that all the informal sector
icy Dialogue Series on ‘Building India’s for Development Economics-JETRO, has over the years played a key role in
Recycling Infrastructure’. The second Japan said that the Japanese govern- creating a value system for higher-value
Regional Conference – Southern India ment tries to stimulate investment in the plastics. This ecosystem is a very strong
of the WeCare Policy Dialogue Series recycling industries to specify kind of infrastructure in the country. Mr. Ash-
was scheduled on Friday 11th March Recycling industrial Park. The local gov- ish Jain, Director of, Indian Pollution
2022 where 500 industry leaders from ernment support national government Control Association remarked that waste
SPCBs, ULBs, Industry, NGOs, Brands, support to develop the industrial park management is a more social issue rather
Institutions from across the country par- for recycling. than a technical issue. It involved various
ticipated. The successful launch was in Mr. Saurabh Palsania, Ex. Director, components from the collection, segre-
presence of Hon’ble Mayor of Greater Dalmia Cement(Bharat) Ltd. remarked gation, transportation then recycling &
Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation that his company is processing an overall finally disposal. Since waste is being gen-
(GVMC) Visakhapatnam Smt. Gola- waste of 70 thousand tonnes per month erated by the people.
gani Hari Venkata Kumari, Dr. Sheikh across the 10 states & out of that 25-30 Mr. Kamal Sharma, CEO of, WeCare
Nayeem, Director of Energy & Sustain- thousand tonnes is plastic. Mr. Amren- expressed that the MLP which is used
ability, California State University, USA, dra Kumar, Vice President, Ramky & by various organizations offers various
Dr. Michikazu Kojima, Research Fellow, Whole Time Director Ramky-ARM said benefits for food safety. Over the last 4-5
ERIA & Ex-Chief Senior Researcher that they operate two plastic-based waste years, it has positioned itself as a revenue
Institute for Development Economics- energy plants in Hyderabad & Delhi, model for the people who are engaged in
JETRO, Japan. three more under construction in Hy- collecting the MLP and analyzing it for
In the inaugural session, Smt. Golagani derabad, Mumbai & Rewa & two more co-processing or waste to energy. They
Hari Venkata Kumari, Hon’ble mayor of of which recently got sanctioned by the need to be mindful of all the technologi-
Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Cor- government. cal side but also on the social aspects that
poration (GVMC) Visakhapatnam said Shri Jyothish Chandran G, Director how the society is reacting to it whether
that under the Clean Andhra Pradesh (SWM), SUCHITWA MISSION, Local the society engages in waste segregation
mission, GVMC plans to set up 225 Self Government Department, Govern- and that is the foundation of their busi-
waste transfers at ULB. Andhra Pradesh ment of Kerala said that Suchitwa Mis- ness models of the waste management
government banned single-use plastic as sion deals with non-binary wastes such system. Mr. Paras Gupta, Director EPR
well as Green Tax. The online waste ex- as plastic & other NBI items. They col- & Sustainability, GEM Enviro Manage-
change website of Andhra Pradesh leads lect these plastic wastes from the houses ment Pvt Ltd mentioned that as a Gem
to 100% safe disposal of waste, tracking, themselves and segregate the wastes & Enviro also & other WMAs, PRO, they
verification & inspections of toxic waste. transfer them to the next higher level. are trying their best to segregate to make
The government also has come down Shri Chenchugarla Krishnamoorthy, the quality that the recycling industry
heavily on marine. Some scuba drivers Senior Environmental Engineer Andhra needs. And then provide them with the
are engaged in collecting plastic waste Pradesh Pollution Control Board stated regular supply needs.
from the oceans. that in Andhra Pradesh, the Swachan-

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