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A key challenge lies in graphite, a crucial material gressive recycled content targets that begin in
for battery anodes. Globally, graphite recycling 2027.
yields low-purity outputs, making them unsuita-
ble for reuse in batteries, and forcing producers Despite the gaps, a robust recycling industry
to rely on less critical materials, such as alumin- could generate more than 25,000 direct and in-
ium and plastic, to meet their recycling targets. direct jobs between 2025 and 2030, the report
said, making it both an economic and environ-
The report cautioned that even if 50% of periph- mental imperative for India to act now.
eral materials are sourced from recycled mate- Source - https://www.moneycontrol.com/
rials by 2030, India is unlikely to meet the pro-
Industry gathers to address Recycling Challenges ahead
of Bharat Recycling Show
s the industry gears up for Bharat Recy- cyclers India; Gautam Mehra, Chief of Innova-
cling Show 2025, Media Fusion and Crain tion and R&D at OpenGate Global Enterprises;
ACommunications successfully hosted the Akshit Jain, Founder of Recyclify; Preeti Tiwari,
second edition of its roundtable series on 27th Head of Business Development EPR, Landbell
June in New Delhi. The session brought together GreenForest Solutions; Pallas Chandel, Climate
a panel of esteemed experts and stakeholders Change Advisor, GIZ; Mitradev Sahoo, Program
from across India to deliberate on two pressing Associate – Electric Mobility Sustainable Cities
concerns in the recycling ecosystem- E-Scrap and Transport, WRI India; Arvind Sharma, Sen-
and End-of-Life Battery Management. ior Director (IT) at the Ministry of Corporate Af-
fairs; and Kuldeep Bartariya, Director at Shreeji
The Roundtable served as a vital platform for Academy and Member of Vidyanjali, Ministry of
discussion on government initiatives, policy im- Education.
plementation, EPR regulations, and the practical
challenges surrounding the safe and sustainable The panel unanimously recognised that India’s
management of e-waste and used batteries. rapid growth in digital infrastructure, electric
mobility, and smartphone adoption has led to an
The session featured participation from key alarming increase in e-waste and battery waste.
voices in the sector, including L. Pugazhenthy, However, this growth has not been matched
Executive Director of the India Lead Zinc De- with adequate systems for collection, traceabil-
velopment Association; Satish Sinha, Associ- ity, and environmentally sound disposal.
ate Director at Toxics Link; Sanjeev Srivastava
from NAMO eWaste; Ashok Kumar Thanikonda, Mr. L. Pugazhenthy, Executive Director of the
Senior Program Officer, Global Green Growth India Lead Zinc Development Association, high-
Institute; Rakesh Mallick, CEO of E-Waste Re- lighted “The fragmented and largely unregu-
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