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AipmA At work

He added that since certain amount of material is being based on number of machines, material consumption,
recycled, which was not considered in earlier projections. etc. Also, now the machines are more productive. But
He explained that 9-10 million MT of plastic waste is new kind of machines could be required for biopolymers,
generated from which 60% is recycled. Recycling area is biodegradables, and compostables.
fragmented & informal. Mr. Surender added that quality control orders could
Mr. Bheda emphasized that large number of human be of great help since more ISI marked products will
resource is engaged in material handling such as be there thus more difficult for departments to ban.
collection, segregation, cleaning etc. Around 250000 of Standardization is in pipeline and will be resulted soon.
human resource are required for material handling. While Mr. Bheda proposed that this shall be circulated with CIPET
on processing side it requires the re-skilling. Overall
350000 of human resource will be engaged in recycling.
Recycling will get automated on large scale, thus Human
resource on material handling side will get reduced, while
processing side will remain constant. In these projections,
end of life is not considered. Mr. Subba Bangera explained
why it is not considered.
Dr. Nayak added that it should also be considered as it is
needed to train the unskilled people for such activities.
Thus it should be considered while making projections.
Mr. Bheda further explained about the projections of
machinery requirement for the next ten years. One of team and upon majority agreement; a detailed report
the representative added that projection will be slightly could be compiled. Mr. Shekhar from Reliance, who was
different at the extrusion point because of the plastic ban. a part of the team that made last projections, Mr. Vinod,
Mr. Bheda proposed the agenda of the meeting that it is Mr. Bangera , and others along with CIPET; the projections
to seek the validation for the assumptions & formalize it could be formalize.
and asked for inputs from the members present during the Madam Aparna suggested forming a team to work on it and
meeting as they are well versed with the subject. that data could further be validated. Mr. Bheda proposed
Mr. Surender quoted that despite of traditional 1.5 times to form a team thereafter.
GDP the growth might retain the same rate till 2022 Dr. Nayak added that a lot of new materials viz., PLA based
with this rate of eliminating single use plastic. No one PBAT based, etc. the processing will be different. Defense
knows what single use is and what is not. To this Madam has become a prime sector where composite processing is
Aparna also agreed. Thus, the projections of required accounted. He also emphasized on adding imported raw
manpower will go down. Referring to the fact that Gujrat material, engineering plastics, polyamides, and additives.
is the largest plastic processing state, the honorable CM Not to forget about the technical skill experts.
mentions to employ 80% local residents who are absolutely Mr. Kishore updated about job fairs across India and
not willing to engage as workers; and are essentially from enlightened the fact that it was started 7 years ago so as
Bihar, UP, and Odisha and hence depleting the production to connect with the professionals. Registered companies
rate. The present scenario is such that Indian raw material can share their requirements and live interviews could
producers are giving incentives to buy since demand is less. be conducted. Around 80-100 companies participate
Cement, infrastructure, etc. having lesser demand so what and more than 3000 candidates get benefitted. Thus we
could be the possible fate of plastic processes? Mr. Bheda infer the ratio of demand and supply. To which Dr. Nayak
agreed with Mr. Surender and persisted on hoping if GDP suggested to collaborate and conduct everything under
continues on the same trajectory of 8-10%. the umbrella of AIPMA. Also, emphasized on appointing
Mr. Bheda also accentuated that plastic is inevitable. rightly qualified skill personnel for specified task and not
Instead of 10% or 12% which was earlier assumption, it the over qualified ones.
has now been scaled down to 8% and trying to normalize The meeting concluded with a note to accomplish the
it around 8%. But these are projections and future can’t final report by 15th October and a committee could be
be predicted on this basis. Validation has been done form for the same.

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