LOGISTICS OF RECYCLING OF

PLASTIC
PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT PROCESS
Recycling process of plastic waste management

Collection Sorting Washing

Identification and
Compounding Resizing
seperation
SCENARIO IN INDIA
• 15000 tonnes of plastic waste generated from Indian
households everyday, likely to double in the next 10
years.
• Plastic consumption is growing at 10% CAGR.
• Adapting thermos-catalytic depolymerization would
result in converting 65-70% of plastic waste into euro SCENARIO IN MAHARASHTRA
III standard fuel, another 5-15% are gases which are
used as heating agents for the said process, reducing
100% plastic waste to 15-30% only.
• Utilization of Plastic Waste in Road Construction, clothing and upholsting

• Co-processing of plastic waste as Alternative Fuel and Raw Material (AFR) in cement
kilns and power plants

• Conversion of plastic waste into liquid RDF (Oil)

PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT GLOBAL SCENARIO
Step 1: Collecting the PVC
Step 2: Storing the PVC
Step 3: Grinding
Step 4: De-pollution
Step 5: Optical Sorting
Step 6: Granule Purification
Steps 7 and 8: Extrusion or Micronization
Step 9: The End Products
Sweden has perhaps the most robust waste management system in the
world, with less than 1% of its household waste ending up in the
landfill.
The success of their plastics waste management system is rooted in the
following factors:
o The omnipresence of recycling stations, that are no more than 300 m
away from any residential area
• France is one of the few countries to have placed a blanket ban on all
disposable daily-use plastics including cutlery and bags. The law was
passed in 2016 and prescribes a phase-out for these plastic goods by
2020, suggesting replacements for these products made of biologically
sourced materials.
• Rwanda has
o Extremely high fine structures, particularly for businesses that sell
produce in plastic waste. This eats into their revenues substantially.
Additionally, citizens can be imprisoned for the use of plastic bags.
• China
China had built its waste to energy capabilities over
the years.
- Between mid-2000s, until late 2017, China was importing
around 50 mn tonnes of waste annually, including plastics,
paper and textiles.
MAJOR COMPANIES IN THE DOMAIN
OF LOGISTICS OF RECYCLING OF
PLASTICS

Some of the companies that are working in this sector of

recycling of plastics are:
1. GEM ENVIRO MANAGEMENT PVT LTD
2. HITACHI TRANSPORT SYSTEM
3. THE SHAKTI PLASTIC INDUTRIES
4. GANESHA ECOSPHERE LTD
• GEM Enviro management
Pvt Ltd
1. Company uses Diamond Recycling
where it is used to transforms PET
plastics into strings, T-shirts, convey
sacks, sleeping cushions and pads,
among different items.
2. provide services where it gives total
reusing esteem chain answers for
bundling scrap to its customers.
3. SOME POINTERS:
Gathers both pre-customer and post-buyer
bundling scrap
Use Reverse Vending Machines (RVMs) to
help reduce the issue of trash.
Post-reusing, the organization creates
reused stock which is sold to
institutional customers, consequently
giving total esteem chain
arrangements.
• HITACHI TRANSPORT
SYSTEM
1. Believe that recyclable plastic bottles
when sorted from the available waste
can contribute to the development of
a green and clean society as raw
materials for further production.
2. PROCESS:
First transport collected plastic bottles
from the site to recycling companies
in accordance with the Containers
and Packaging Recycling Law.
most efficient transportation system
is used where optimal cargo handling
method is proposed together with
the appropriate packaging.
the logistics are then transported and
unloaded in proper location of the
customer
• THE SHAKTI PLASTIC
INDUSTRY
1. Shakti Plastics have been buying,
processing and selling granules and
grade plastic materials since 1969.
2. PROCESS:
Use the latest technology to recycle
plastic granules.
Recycled Granules are then
transported to various industries
due to their superior quality, and
some are also customized as per
the customer’s requirement.
Process does not end where the
granules are delivered but the
company also continue to provide
with after sale services to make
sure that the customers are
satisfied with products
• GANESHA ECOSPHERE
LTD
1. Company began its operations in
1987.
2. It collects PET bottle waste and
recycles it into polyester staple
fibre and yarn for further
production or use.
3. The waste collection is usually
done by manual scavenging which
is neither organized nor regulated.
4. The firm uses Reverse Vending
Machine designed to increase
collection as well as raise public
awareness.
 POSITIVE IMPLICATIONS OF RECYCLING OF
PLASTIC
• The utilization of plastics rather than alternative materials saves energy
and reduces greenhouse gas emissions
• The idea “carbon footprint” is currently a hokum within
the supplying analysis community.
NEGATIVE IMPLICATIONS OF RECYCLING OF PLASTIC
• PLASTIC WASTE IN INDIA - • CHALLENGES IN RECYCLING -
• 60% of plastic waste dumped into the world’s oceans every
year, . Three of the world’s ten rivers which carry 90% of plastic • The lack of segregation of plastics waste, the absence of organized
to the world’s oceans are in India--the Indus, the Ganga and the systems of collection and efficient aggregation, poor economic
value in low-grade (thin) plastics,
Brahmaputra
• Less awareness among people regarding bans and recycling of
• There are more than 15,000 tons of plastic waste generated in India
plastic
daily 9000 tonnes of plastic waste is collected and processed/recycled,
while the remaining 6,000 tonnes, usually litter drains, streets or are
• Different types of plastics hence demand special attention from a
dumped in landfills
waste management point of view.
• About 66% of plastic waste is mixed waste--polybags and pouches used
• Also differing characteristics of plastic product, low density
to pack food, mainly from residential localities
shipments and extensive handling pose considerable obstacles to
establishing an efficient reverse channel for recyclable these
• Across the country, 80% of post-consumer plastic waste is
commodities.
thermoplastics, the remaining being thermosetting

• 70% of plastic waste is recycled at Registered Office, 20% by Unorganized

sector and 10% is reused at home

• The mix of plastics in a District will determine the recycling pathways

that are viable options
Segregation Methods
IN INDIA - OUTSIDE INDIA -
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