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South India’s One of the largest Plastic Recycling facility…

amky Enviro Engineers Limited (REEL), a leading player it will encourage local employment as well as address
Rin the comprehensive environment management the important issue of plastic recycling. The improper
industry has recently this month inaugurated one of south dumping and untreated plastic waste is a huge concern
India’s largest plastic recycling facility at JN Pharma City, for the environment specifically in these testing times
Paravada, Vishakapatnam. The plant is fully equipped to of a global pandemic where such unprocessed waste can
handle all types of flexible and rigid plastics comprising prove hazardous for the people. I hope more cities across
of LDPE, HDPE, and PP from both industrial as well as the country implement such establishments to address the
domestic post-consumer sources. long-standing issue of plastic recycling.”
The inauguration was presided over by Annamreddy Adeep Speaking at the launch Dr P. P. Lal Krishna-Managing
Raj (Hon’ble MLA for Pendurthi Assembly Constituency), Director, JN Pharma City said “I feel proud to witness
Dr.P.P.Lal Krishna-Managing Director, Ramky Pharma City the inauguration of one of south India’s largest Plastic
and was hosted by Satish Cheeti-CEO, Ramky Reclamation recycling facilities in our Pharma City. Plastics have
& Recycling Limited. transformed our lives and has benefits we cannot deny.
Unprocessed and their leak into nature is a major concern.
As an Integrated Environmental Service provider, we are
delighted to have a recycling facility on our campus that
gives a new lease of life to the plastics waste through
Upcycling.”
Spanning over 3 acres and a capacity to handle 1 MT/
hour of plastics waste, this new recycling facility at
Visakhapatnam hosts world-class infrastructure for
recycling industrial and domestic plastic wastes. Equipped
with the best technology in the recycling industry,
this facility performs de-dusting, shredding, two-stage
washing, squeezing and granulation. This facility also
houses blown-film bag making and bag printing machinery
Speaking about the launch, Satish Cheeti CEO, Ramky to produce high quality multi-purpose plastic bags such
Reclamation & Recycling Limited said, “ It is estimated as grocery bags, biomedical bags, garbage bags, etc.
that annually India generates 9.46 Million tonnes of which are above 51 microns and comply with SPCB/CPCB
plastic waste out of which 40% of plastic waste remains norms and are manufactured in accordance with the
untreated. With the launch of this new one of south India’s IS 14534:1998 standard guidelines for recycled plastic
largest plastic recycling facility in Pharma city, we will products.
be able to pre-process and up-cycle industrial plastic
waste as well as domestic post-consumer plastic waste REEL offers a whole gamut of environmental services
into high-quality recycled plastic granules that can be and infrastructure solutions under various categories
used for manufacturing plastic products and packaging. such as Waste Management – hazardous, municipal,
We are working hard to make sure all the plastic waste is bio medical, MAR POL, construction waste & e-waste;
recycled and prevent harm to the environment.” Waste to Energy; Recycling – waste water, paper, plastic
and integrated waste; Environmental Solutions such as
Speaking at the launch, Hon’ble MLA for Pendurthi
Assembly Constituency, Annamreddy Adeep Raj said “It is remediation, ETPs and waste water treatment; Automated
an honour to have inaugurated one of South India’s Largest car park management and Facilities Management. REEL
Recycling Facility here in our constituency, and I want has a growing global footprint, including over 60 spread
to thank Ramky Enviro for this prestigious opportunity. I operating locations spread across India, Singapore, UAE,
feel very happy that with this facility being operational, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and Tanzania.

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