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AIPMA AT WORK

Grand Success of 3 GCPRS
rd
he 3rd GCPRS (Global Conclave on Plastics Recycling and Sustainability) came to a close on
5th July, the third edition was on a much bigger scale and the quality of exhibitors is improving
Tover the years as the recyclability and Sustainability is taken s center stage. The Event was held
from 2nd to 5th July at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. It attracted 250 exhibiters from 12 countries and
had a record foot fall of over 25000 visitors surpassing the first two editions. Along with the exhibition
the event also had the main attraction of CEO Round Table held at the iconic Summit Hall in the main
Bharat Mandapam complex, Sustainability Forum and Knowledge session.

Inauguration or 3rd GCPRS

The 3rd edition of GCPRS was inau-
gurated on 2nd July at 11.00 am by
the Hon'ble Chief Guest, Shri Tejveer
Singh, Secretary, Department of
Chemicals & Petrochemicals, and
Guest of Honour Shri Prabh Das,
CEO and MD HMEL. Others pre-
sent on the dais included Shri Sunil
Shah, President, AIPMA, Shri Arvind
Mehta, Chairman Governing Coun-
cil, AIPMA and mentor GCPRS, Shri
Siddhartha Shah, Chainman GCPRS
and Sh Hiten Bheda, Chairman Na-
Chief Guest Shri Tejveer Singh lighting the lamp
tional Advisory Board, GCPRS.

AIPMA again brought together the entire plastics recycling ecosystem under one roof. GCPRS is a
unique platform as it connects every stakeholder in the plastic recycling value chain recyclers, ma-
chinery manufacturers, brand owners, raw material suppliers, technology providers, EPR experts, poli-
cymakers, regulators, academia, Data Service providers and innovators to build a circular economy
ecosystem for plastics.

Today, plastics are indispensable to modern life. The real challenge is not plastics themselves, but how
we design, use, collect, recycle, and reuse them responsibly.

Shri Tejveer Singh, Secy Petrochemical in his inaugural address lauded the impressive conclave on
such a scale and role being played by AIPMA of having focus on sustainability. He said India is one of
the largest recyclers globally but emphasized the focus to be on value addition and quality of Recy-
clates. He also reiterated that a LOGO for recycled plastic should be conceived which can change the
image of recycling. The design of material should move to more of mono-material and urgent need of
more R&D efforts.

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