Of the 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic that has been produced in
the world, a recent study states that a whopping 6.3 billion metric tons has
become plastic waste either lying in the landfill or swimming in the ocean. A
meagre 9% of this plastic waste gets recycled. Reports indicate that by 2050,
there will be 12 billion metric tons of plastic on this planet, if there isn’t
an eco-system built to recycle plastic waste.
UFlex, a pioneer in Multilayer Plastic Manufacturing and Waste
recycling, is scaling up its recycling strength to help build a circular
economy, by the way of setting up two lines that will wash and recycle
post-consumer waste and subsequently give a second life to plastics. This pilot
plant in its Noida facility commenced its operations and is aimed to mitigate
the piling plastic dumps in Delhi–NCR by recycling collected post-consumer
waste PET Bottles and Multi-layer Plastic packaging into chips and granules,
put into further use to make products with economic value. In line with its
global sustainability campaign ‘Project Plastic Fix’, UFlex will steer its
efforts towards keeping plastic in the economy and out of the environment,
converting waste into wealth.
On the launch of this facility, Mr. Jeevaraj Pillai, Jt. President-
Packaging & New Product Development, UFlex said, “The problem of discarded
plastic is escalating and alarming. India alone generates 26,000 tons of
plastic waste every day. Need of the hour is to enable a system where plastic
is collected, properly cleaned and then recycled. Our Noida plant is one such
initiative that we have made in this direction to solve the plastic waste
crisis around us and Delhi-NCR is set to benefit from it. With recycling plants
as this coming up at various locations, UFlex will have a capacity to recycle
more than 3000 MT of plastic waste a month and we aim to build the largest
infrastructure for recycling of plastic waste.”
Throwing light on the company’s focus towards environment protection,
Mr. Dinesh Jain, President – Legal and Corporate Affairs at UFlex said, “We
believe in co-existence of sustainability and business, and it is incumbent on
us to take care of our environment with ethical and safe practices such that
the utility of our product persists without any harm to the environment. We
have ensured that these two lines follow a zero-emission practice to convert
MLP and PET bottles waste into recoverable.”
UFlex is India’s largest multinational flexible packaging materials
and Solution Company and a leading global player in Polymer Sciences. Since its
inception back in 1985, UFlex has grown from strength to strength to evolve as
a truly Indian Multinational with consumers spread across the world. UFlex
today has state-of-the-art packaging facilities at multiple locations in India
with installed capacity of around 1,35,000 TPA and has packaging film
manufacturing facilities in India, UAE, Mexico Egypt, Poland and USA.
