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ITC, PMC launch model to collect, KraussMaffei to build new

process multi-layer plastic waste China plant

TC Ltd, which is involved in building scalable and erman machinery manufacturer KraussMaffei
Isustainable waste management models had announced GGroup has started construction of a new production
a model for the sustainable management of Multi-Layered plant at its existing location in Haiyan.The new
Plastic (MLP) packaging waste in Pune, in partnership with intelligent manufacturing unit will cover an area of
waste-pickers’ society SWaCH and the PMC. The initiative 1.3 million square feet and is expected to double the
also marks the launch of a waste storage facility in Uruli existing production capacity by mid-2020, KraussMaffei
Devachi, with the capacity to handle 200 metric tonnes parent company China National Chemical Corp. said.
of MLPs per month. Among those present at the function The new plant will build all primary plastics processing
were Municipal Commissioner Saurabh Rao and PMC Jt machinery such as injection molding machines,
Commissioner D S Molak. In its first phase, ITC and SWaCH, extruders and reaction molding machines. It will also
supply fully automated turnkey systems with integrated
robots and smart technology. The company currently
manufactures 120 units of injection molding machinery,
16 units of reaction process machinery and 122 units of
extrusion machinery per year at the site, KraussMaffei
said. The company also will establish its second global
product research and development base at the location
to meet the needs of emerging market segments. The
manufacturing base will serve as the operating center
in collaboration with PMC, will operate a state-of-the-art of KraussMaffei Group in China. The unit will undertake
waste processing facility with the capacity to manage a series of functions such as technology research
200 metric tonnes of MLP waste per month, providing and design, design and manufacturing, supply chain
additional income to over 3,500 waste collectors who management and strategic procurement. KraussMaffei
collect dry and wet waste separately every day. The Group has been mainly engaged in plastic pipe and
model can be scaled up progressively across the city by profile extrusion equipment since its establishment in
setting up additional hubs. MLP packaging is the mainstay
of the modern food industry, given its superior ability to
preserve the integrity of food. However, the absence of
sustainable models in India to enable end-to-end recycling
of such plastics has been among the biggest challenges
faced by waste management authorities. Therefore, such
plastics eventually end up in landfill sites, said Molak.
ITC is also working with local recycling partner Shakti
Plastics by extending technical support and sharing the
best practices for better value realisation from recycling
MLPs. ITC will deploy solutions so that 100 % of its product
packaging will be reusable, recyclable or compostable.
The model, introduces a price for MLP waste which creates 2005 in Haiyan, Over the past decade, the group has
an incentive for waste collectors to collect and sort MLP expanded gradually to meet the needs of the Chinese
waste as a separate stream. This programme ensures and overseas markets. The company was acquired by
a direct linkage between citizens (generators), waste- CNCP, part of ChemChina, in 2016 and was listed on the
pickers, and recyclers, with potential for city-wise scale Shanghai Stock Exchange at the end of 2018, eyeing a
through replication, said Harshad Barde, general secretary 20 percent growth in China.
of the waste-pickers’ union KKPKP.

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