About Recycling
Recycling follows waste as it becomes something else. Plastic gets the most attention: PolyCycl's chemical recycling technology in Chandigarh, a plastic materials recycling facility in Hyderabad from Re Sustainability and Aarti Circularity, HUL's stake in recycled flexible plastics company Lucro, Kalyan Dombivli's plastic-to-fuel plan and a conference panel on plastic segregation and retrieval.
Other streams include construction and demolition waste in Lucknow and in Bengaluru's abandoned quarries, textile waste in Bengaluru, tomato waste made into plant-based leather, crop residue turned into pulp and products by Craste, crumb rubber in road construction and recycled PPE. Policy and planning pieces cover MeitY's paper on a circular economy in electronics, Nagpur's switch to composting and material recovery, and waste-to-energy technologies.
The section is written for municipal officials, recyclers, manufacturers dealing with packaging waste and CSR teams.
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- Plastic breakdown breakthrough: PolyCycl unveils chemical recycling technology How PolyCycl's chemical process turns hard-to-recycle plastics into polymers and fuels
- With an initial investment of Rs 100 crores, Hyderabad is set to transform plastic recycling The plastic materials recycling facility planned in Hyderabad and what it will produce
- Lucknow’s C&DWM Faces Challenges Why Lucknow's C&D waste plant processes less than the city generates
- Bengaluru Drowning in 5,000T of Textile Waste Where Bengaluru's textile waste goes and why much of it is dumped or burned
- From Crop Waste to Artefacts How Craste turns crop residue into pulp for paper and packaging
- Crumb Rubber now a part of our Indian roads How crumb rubber is being used in Indian road construction
- MeitY formulates policy for e-waste recycling MeitY's policy paper on a circular economy in the electronics sector
- Plastic Waste Taming the Untamed A conference panel on how far India is from retrieving all the plastic it produces
Questions readers ask
What is chemical recycling of plastic?
PolyCycl's patented process converts single-use plastics and hard-to-recycle materials into circular polymers, sustainable fuels and low-carbon materials, keeping them out of landfill. Read the article
How much textile waste does Bengaluru produce?
Bengaluru produces nearly 5,000 tonnes of textile waste annually, much of it unmanaged, and nearly 40% of it is shipped to Tirupur. Read the article
Can construction and demolition waste be made into products?
Lucknow's C&D waste plant uses wet processing technology to make pavers and concrete blocks, though it processes up to 150 tonnes a day while the city generates 250 to 300 tonnes. Read the article
Can vegan leather be made from tomato waste?
Yes. Pritesh Mistry of The Bio Company has developed Bioleather, a plant-based, biodegradable alternative to animal leather made from tomato processing waste. Read the article