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IN THE NEWS
PET Recycling in India: Trends, Challenges and
Opportunities with Focus on B-to-B Resin
mated that the Indian PET recycling industry will
have a turnover of Rs 10 K crore plus in the next
2-3 years’ time. In addition to the traditional me-
chanical recycling, there is a growing interest in
chemical and bio-chemical (Enzymatic) recycling
for the ‘difficult to recycle PET Packaging and
other polyester materials like textiles’.
Introduction: It is important to first understand
the Indian PET Industry and how it has grown.
The PET resin consumption was 1.10 Mn TPA in
20-21 and has been growing @ average 12-14 %
p.a. The Indian PET Resin consumption of 1.9
million MTPA (24-25) consisted of Bottles: 92%,
Sheet: 4 %, Strapping/monofilaments: 2% & Oth-
ers: 2%. The different applications are enclosed
xecutive Summary: The PET Recycling
industry had a turnover of ~Rs 5 K Cr in
E20-21, which had increased to Rs 8 K Cr
plus in 24-25. India is proud to be having one of Recycling Industry in India: The PET bottle us-
the highest PET recycling rates @ 92% & com- age was 1.9 MMT (24-25) & recycled PET usage
peting with the best globally. The Indian Recy- was 1.75 MMT (@ 92%). There are 200 plus Col-
cling industry is consisting both of unorganized lection-cum-Baling Centers in India & are ever
and organized recyclers. There are Value-added growing. There is surely a shift for moving away
recycled products made from RPET and the In- from the unorganized informal set-up to organ-
dian PET recycling industry is projected to grow ised formal recycling setups. It is primarily ‘Me-
@ 15-20 % p.a. in the coming years. It is esti- chanical Recycling’ of PET packs in India. There
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