1 country report plastics industry in india issues and challenges
5 sustainability
1. Strategies and Opportunities for the Plastics Industry
SUSTAINABILITY: PLASTICS FOR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
A presentation by…
ARVIND M MEHTA
Chairman
Plastivision India Advisory Board. AIPMA
Executive Director
Council of International Plastics
Association Directors (CIPAD)
Past President: Plastindia Foundation
Past President: AIPMA
Miami, USA. 4-5 December 2012
Country Report: Plastics Industry in India- Issues and Challenges
2. 1 Barrel of Oil
Gasoline
Value added 200%
Wide range of
finished goods
Value added
2000%
Petrochemical Industry Consumes Around
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3. Plastics: Material of Choice
Conserve Natural resources- Reduces depletion
Better product characteristics than natural material
End product property desired
• Film Clarity • ESCR
• Film Strength • Wall thickness and
• Fabric Strength strength
• Surface finish • Printability
• Contact Clarity • High Pressure rating
• Rigidity Impact • Dimensional Stability
Over 100 Grades of Polymer Available- Choice Depends on End Products
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7. Medical Applications of PVC & Polyethylene (PE)
Medical Applications of PVC & Polyethylene (PE)
Urine and Blood bags Drip Infusion Set
Ability to be steam-sterilized Transparent to monitor flow
at 121° C Low coefficient of
Flexibility, strength and friction for easy
transparency flow of fluids
Favourable effect on erythrocyte Resistant to medical
survival and body fluids &
Low cost vs high performance Non-toxic
Non-toxic
Medicine Packaging Catheters
Excellent gas barrier properties Excellent flexibility
Flexibility Low coefficient
Transparent of friction
Non-contaminant Transparent
Low cost
Oxygenerator Tube Artificial Heart
Good weldability for leak proof Excellent flexibility,
products, Steam sterilizability, Non-toxic, Chemical
Transparent inertness &
Non-toxic Resistant to medical Bio-compatibility
and body fluids
Colostomy Bags: Wound Covering Films
Flexibility, Microorganism
Chemically inert, impermeability, Good breathing
Easy to dispose & properties,
Non-toxic Easy to peel off
Packaging : Flexibility & Non-toxicity & Good flexibility
I.V. Dressing & Storage Hip and Knee Joints of
Bottle UHMWPE
Good breath ability, Excellent abrasion resistance,
Easy to peel off, Good mechanical properties,
Good microorganism resistance & Low coefficient of friction &
Easy to dispose Body compatible
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12. Banning use of Plastics is no solution due to
• Cost effectiveness
• End product properties given by plastics
• Non availability of alternate material
• Ease of fabrication of complicated components
• Single use disposable parts
Need is to better manage negative image.
Move towards renewable feeedstocks like ethanol for making plastics
The Metamorphosis of Jamnagar
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13. Jamnagar Petrochemical Complex- In harmony with nature
New Township
Green Belt
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14. • The world’s largest refinery integrated with Petrochemicals, Power, Port, Pipelines &
Terminals
• Jamnagar Plant – successful green initiative
o Mega Project with virtually no ecological disturbance
o Zero Discharge Plant
• Developed & maintained Green Belt with vast Landscape
o Commercial Plantation as a part of Greenbelt for sustainability.
o Planted 5.7 million plants of more than 200 varieties in 850 ha
1998 2000 2010
The Metamorphosis of Jamnagar
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15. • Going way beyond statutory norms
• Cultivation of high yielding variety crops against all constraints
• Production of off season fruits and vegetables
• Commercial cultivation of high value crops
• Promoting organic agriculture for maintaining the soil health
• Use of plastics to avoid deforestation in post harvest handling of the produce
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16. • Mineral water, Soft Drinks, Liquors, Edible oils. Cosmetics
Used PET
Bottles
• App 250000 Rag pickers
• Over 100 collection centres
Collection • 2700 MT/month~ 3 Million bottles/day
Drive
• Sleep and comfort products
Polyfill • Pillows, Cushions, Quilts, Furniture, Soft toys,
Fibre
• Stringent quality standards used by Reliance
• Oekotex Certification. Highest level of European ecological Certification for textile
products
Quality
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17. Municipal Dump Site
Rag Picking
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18. Input to Collection centre
Collection Centre First Stage Sorting
Second stage Sorting Second stage Sorting Ready stock for Grinding/Bailing
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19. PET recycling is well established – Baled bottles traded internationally
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20. • Recycling of PET well established by a wide variety of methods
• Three recycling techniques are in use:
o Mechanical recycling to produce clean flakes - Can be used 100% or mixed with
virgin material for use in applications like fiber, sheet, strapping, blow moulding
and engineering plastics compounds
o De-polymerization to recover raw materials. Glycolysis and Methanolysis are
widely used
o Incineration. PET can be burnt without harming environment to recover energy.
PET has the same calorific value as soft coal i.e. 23 MJ/kg
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