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Q. How does International recycling infrastructures is a must to industry uses sustainable materials

Ban on Single-Use have for our country. and processes in product portfolio
and brings back and recycle what
Plastics affect the Q. What are the options it gives out, which will help strike
Industry? available? an ecological balance and will not
just save our environment, but will
A. Imposing bans on plastic are A. It is important to ‘know your plastic’ also add pave the way for growth
definitely easy but a punitive step before ‘saying no to plastic’. There of flexible packaging industry.
on the industry and communities. are multiple virtues that are tagged In our opinion, Recycling and
The ecosystem must see plastic as along with the use of plastic, but biodegradability in flexible packaging
a commodity and not a product, there also exists mounting plastic will drive the future of the industry.
because so far there is no alternative waste at the dumping sites. Hence The industry needs to have a multi-
to plastic that equally meets the use, it is important to take the leap of pronged approach to solve the issue
functionality, barrier properties etc. It sustainability that helps create a of packaging waste
is a commodity that is indispensable circular plastic economy and allows
to our existence. Hence, a prudent holding goodness of plastic for the
step is that we learn to coexist community that uses it.
than to impose bans. The plastic Q. Any advice to the
manufacturers and consumer brands
with the support of government domestic Industry?
need to take more responsibility for
recycling of plastic items. It is time A. One advice for the domestic industry
that a push towards segregation packaging industry is to step-up
and correct disposal, ramping- and adopt sustainability in products
up plastic waste collection and and processes beyond just statutory
development of more and more protocols. It is important that the

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