Plastic recycling paving new way

Hyderabad: HIPLEX 2023, India's 3rd biggest expo on plastics, is currently underway at HITEX, Hyderabad. Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Plastics Manufacturers Association (TAAPMA) – the organiser of the event, has set up an exclusive recycling booth, which is a must to know what wonders plastic recycling can do. At the recycling pavilion, all recycling equipment, products and services are showcased.

The booth has put up a road (flex photo) laid by plastic waste. It mentions Rajagopalan Vasudevan's solution to plastic pollution. He developed an innovative method to reuse plastic waste to construct better, more durable and very cost-effective roads. He thought up the idea of shredding plastic waste, mixing it with bitumen and using the polymerised mix in road construction.

The booth has a bench made from plastic waste. The bench has a sticker pasted on it "I am made from 100 per cent recycled plastic". It has another bench made by Shakti Plastic Industries, a five-decade-old India's largest plastic recycler and waste management company. It is made from post-consumer multilayer plastics. This company has seven recycling plants with a capacity of more than 10 lakh tonnes.