October 2021

Total Corbion PLA has launched the world’s first commercially available chemically recycled bioplastics product. The Luminy® recycled PLA grades boast the same properties, characteristics and regulatory approvals as virgin Luminy® PLA, but are partially made from post-industrial and post-consumer PLA waste. Total Corbion PLA is already receiving and depolymerizing reprocessed PLA waste, which is then purified and polymerized back into commercially available Luminy® rPLA.

AVI Global Plast last week reiterated its commitment to waste recovery by joining other investors in providing funding of $1 million to Ishitva, a robotics startup that uses Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and the Internet of Things 4.0 to resolve complex issues in sorting valuable waste materials.

Today, the sustainability of a product is a must, a social obligation, a response to an increasingly demanding consumer and increasingly strict legislation and in general to the SOS that the environment is sending us. A current issue that has changed from being just a trend to a key part in the business strategy for

Companies are making a move towards sustainable packaging solutions. This includes using more recycled content in packaging. Indian consumers are also on the lookout for brands that have social and environmental purposes.

Emballator, a leading producer of packaging solutions, and Borealis, a leading provider of innovative polyolefins solutions, are expanding their portfolio in close partnership.

The report, titled ‘NITI Aayog-UNDP Handbook on Sustainable Urban Plastic Waste Management’, was released on 11th October, 2021 by NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson Dr Rajiv Kumar, CEO Shri Amitabh Kant, Shri. Rameshwar Prasad Gupta, Secretary Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change, Special Secretary Dr K. RajeswaraRao, and Ms. Shoko Noda, Resident Representative, UNDP India.