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AIPMA AT WORK

Conference on Sustainable Waste Management held at Kolkata

Calls for a collective effort to enhance the image of Plastics in India

aste Management is becoming a major issue all over C) Waste to Wealth: Challenges & Opportunities.
Wthe country. The flip side of the higher economic D) Waste Management Entrepreneurship - Way Forward.
growth has resulted in increased consumption of the Footfall - 200+ approx. (In these, 30+ Municipal
natural resources, increased waste generation and hence Bodies came from different suburban areas.
ecological degradation across Indian states. From the
environment perspective there is an urgent need to reuse Names of Few Prominent Speakers during Sessions:
the natural resources efficiently, recycle the waste that 1) Mr. Sumit Dabriwala - Chairman, CII Kolkata Task Force
we create as well as scientifically dispose the residues & Director, Hiland Projects Ltd.

2) Mr. A.K. Raybarman - Chief General Manager, NABARD.
3) Mr. Arnab Roy - IAS,
Principal Secy., Dept.
of Environment, Govt.
of West Bengal
4) Mr. Alok Mookherjea
- Past Chairman of CII
& Chairman, Solyvent
Flakt India Ltd.
5) Mr. Saikat Majumder -
left; and ultimately renew our Chief Manager, Haldia
commitment towards the earth Energy Ltd. (RPG
every day. Group).
W it h t h is background, 6) Mr. Ulhas Parlikar - Dy.
Confederation of Indian Industry Head - Geocycle India.
(CII) organised a seminar - Conference on Sustainable Waste ACC - Geocycle India.
Management` at The Gateway Hotel on May 16 , 2017. 7) Mr. Sandip Kar - Regional Head & President Business
th
Vice President (East) – Mr. Ashok Agarwal & Mr. Tapas Ray Development, East & N.E., Yes Bank Ltd.
– Regional Manager (East) attended this seminar. 8) Dr. Sadhan Ghosh - Professor, JU.
9) Mr. J. Mukherjee - M.D., G. P. Green Energy Systems
Main points highlighted during entire seminar:
Pvt. Ltd.
A) RECOVERY
10) Mr. Dilip Yadav - Chairman, Uttarpara Kotrung
B) REDUCE Municipality.
C) REUSE 11) Mr. R.K. Burman - C.E.O. Greentech Environ
D) RECYCLE Management Ltd.
E) SEGREGATION - Very Very Important!!! 12) Mr. Tushar Himatsinghka - C.E.O., Vital Waste.
SEMINAR MESSAGE: It was very engrossing & educative seminar which the
A) Create Business Models for Waste Management. audience applauded profusely. In fact, the road map for
Sustainable Waste Management is the need of the hour
B) Sustainable Waste Management - Successful Policy else, this beautiful world will virtually become unliveable
and Technology Interventions. for the future generation.

13 May 2017 | Plastics News