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Srichakrapolyplast Invest In Capacity Building ONGC Begins Repair

At Its Hyderabad Plant Work In Konaseema

he Oil and Natural Gas
TCorporation (ONGC) has
kick-started repair work of the
underground pipeline connecting
to the well PS-43 following gas
leakage from the underground facility
near Maamidikuduru village in the
Konaseema region in East Godavari
district. Locals have alerted the
ONGC-Thatipaka facility authorities
on the gas leak and it was later plugged
to avoid any untoward incident.
According to ONGC-Thatipaka
Installation Manager T. Srinivas, the
gas was leaked from the pinhole of
richakra Polyplast, a leading plastic a new life, preventing it from entering the underground pipeline on Friday
Srecycling and waste management the environment. We’re proud to be the evening. The site where the leakage
company based in in Hyderabad, first in India to achieve this standard was reported is barely 300 metres from
invested US$10 million (€8.6 million) and continue our work towards making a local petrol bunk. “The repair work
for upgrading and expanding its plastics the world a better place by cleaning up
recycling capabilities and has installed the environment.”For the processing of the underground pipeline facility
first food-grade plastics recycling. of post-consumer polyolefin packaging has commenced on Saturday with
The new recoSTAR PET 165 iV+ Srichakra uses a Starlinger recoSTAR the consent of the local farmers. The
is the first of its kind Starlinger has dynamic 165 C-VAC recycling line with Revenue authorities have been roped
installed in India. It features US FDA- Starlinger’s unique odour reduction in enumerating the damage of the land
approved technology for processing technology. If, for example, packaging to offer compensation to the farmers”,
post-consumer PET bottle flakes. The made ofpolyolefins such as PP or HDPE according to ONGC authorities. Mr.
produced rPET pellets are suitable has been used for food, cosmetics or
for food-contact and can be used cleaners, substances from these products
for food and beverage packaging can migrate into the plastic and cause
like bottles for water and carbonated an unpleasant smell after the recycling
softdrinks, food trays, etc. With this process. Starlinger’s three-step odour
technology upgrade Srichakra is now reduction procedure – consisting of
able to provide premium food-grade material preparation, highly efficient
quality rPET for food packaging to the degassing, and post-treatment in the
Indian and international markets. “Our smell extraction unit of the pellets–
approach at Srichakra is focused on eliminates even deeply embedded smells
using leading-edge technology to create so that the recycled pellets are suitable
reliable, high-quality materials that help for use also in demanding applications.
brand-owners reduce their use of virgin The Starlinger polyolefin recycling line Srinivas is monitoring the repair work.
plastic”, said Ravindra Venkata, CEO produces up to 1300 kg of high-quality ONGC) is an Indian government-
and Co-founder of SrichakraPolyplast. odour-free recycled pellets per hour that owned crude oil and natural gas
“The new world-class technology not can be directly converted into home corporation. In November 2010, the
only enables us to produce food-grade and personal care product packaging Government of India conferred the
quality recycled plastic for customers, such as bottles for lotions, shampoo or Maharatna status to ONGC.
but also gives locally-sourced plastics detergents.

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