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AipmA At work

Abhishek Despande, Co- onslaught on plastics. He also said that China has all
Fou n de r, Re cyk a l.com the answer when it comes to managing plastics waste
educated the forum on digital efficiently and how, he said China’s National sword govt
framework created by his program implemented from Jan 1, 2018 and the closure
company Rapid Due Technology of world’s largest garbage dump processing which is 7.5
as an idea to create hassle- million tons of garbage and 80% of them includes plastics
free waste management. He waste.
said, to certain extent waste In UN, World Environment Day 2018 program celebrated
management could be curbed with objectives to eliminate “Single Use Plastics”
using digital platform and
market place; which can create ecosystem of recycling And “Clean Seas Campaign” however neither the govt
by creating awareness at consumer level giving incentive nor the NGOs and organisations working towards this
based scheme (from household to waste pickers to DRCC initiatives has any clarity as what is single use plastics.
material recovery facility to recycler). He shared his concern that challenges to sustainability
is increasing burden on environment by “End- of- Use”
He emphasized digital technology has a great potential to objects and materials in a “Throw- away” Society. It is
brings all stakeholders on one platform aggregating their all PERCEPTION, he says.
sporadic efforts, ultimately leading to empowerment of
each fringe element in this informed industry. He also said that value creating at recycling waste today
is value destructing. No value creation by recycling very
Padmashri Dr. Swaminathan often there is value destruction. See the buyback price
Sivaram said India is only printed on every plastics bag. Poor segregation
country who sells milk in
plastics pouches; it was an leads to co-mingled waste of low value and poor efficiency
innovation but today it is of rag pickers. There is insignificant investment into these
not due to no robust system technologies recognize that recycling only postpone the
in managing plastics waste. problems and does not solve at grassroots level. End of
He said nowadays the image life issues still has to be address.
is such as No Plastics –No Panel discussion was moderated by Hiten Bheda,
Pollution all over the city, Chairman- Environment Committee of AIPMA on EPR and
which is based on perception but it, is a reality also; Till what is the challenges and way forward and solutions
the time this slogan does not go off from all over the city, along with panellist.
we haven’t achieved anything till then.
Vote of thanks proposed by Mr. Satyajeet Bhonsle,
He said the EPR concept emerged in Sweden as moral Sustainability Division of Reliance Polymers
philosophy and why this triggered here led to increasing

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