India’s next phase of plastic recycling will shift from volume-driven output to food-contact-compliant, global-standard polymers: Ravindra P V, Srichakra PolyplastIndia’s plastics recycling ecosystem is distinctive, with a recovery of nearly 80% of rigid plastics, giving it higher efficiency than many...
25 Feb, 2026, 02.07 PM IST
IESA calls for streamlining regulation, incentives to boost battery recyclingIndia's battery recycling industry is poised for significant growth, projected to more than double by 2033. The India Energy Storage Allian...
19 Nov, 2025, 10.10 AM IST
NavPrakriti starts operation of Lithium-ion battery recycling plant in Eastern IndiaIndia anticipates a surge in EV battery waste, needing to recycle over 1.2 million batteries annually by 2030. Kolkata-based NavPrakriti ha...
30 Oct, 2025, 02.55 PM IST
India pushes for e-waste recycling to recover critical mineralsIndia is boosting its capacity to recycle electronic waste and recover critical minerals. A new Rs 1,500 crore incentive scheme will encour...
26 Oct, 2025, 12.13 AM IST
Critical mineral issue: Framework likely to address waste recyclingThe Union mines ministry will formalize feedstock collection for critical mineral recycling through the extended producer responsibility (E...
24 Oct, 2025, 12.04 AM IST
Supply chain, e-waste issues can hit critical mineral planA new government incentive plan for critical mineral recycling faces cautious reception from industry players. Challenges like informal e-w...
22 Oct, 2025, 11.43 PM IST
Tetra Pak becomes first in India’s food & beverage industry to introduce packaging with certified recycled polymersTetra Pak has become the first company in India’s food and beverage packaging industry to integrate certified recycled polymers into their ...
24 Feb, 2025, 06.14 PM IST
Budget 2025: Policy soon to recoup critical minerals from byproductsIndia will introduce a new policy to recover critical minerals from mining by-products to bolster availability for next-gen manufacturing. ...
02 Feb, 2025, 09.24 AM IST
Budget 2025 moulds the path for domestic critical mineral value chainUnion Budget 2025: India’s Budget removes customs duty on scrap from 12 critical minerals, cobalt powder, and lithium-ion battery scrap to ...
01 Feb, 2025, 05.43 PM IST
Plastic recycling is broken. Capitalism can fix itThe United Nations has committed to delivering a legally binding Plastic Treaty by the end of 2024. This month, more than 175 governments w...
02 Apr, 2024, 09.47 AM IST
India’s steel expansion plans threatened by scrap metal export restrictions“Every country is going to protect their scrap due to a circular economy being implemented at home,” Sanjay Mehta, president of the Materia...
03 Nov, 2023, 10.35 AM IST
Mukesh Ambani says no option but to make businesses green"We have no option as a society, as a business but to really adopt a sustainable business model," he said speaking at the Qatar Economic Fo...
21 Jun, 2021, 09.50 PM IST
Aavishkaar, Circulate invest $18 million in Nepra Resource ManagementNepra processes over 500 tonnes of dry waste every day across Ahmedabad, Indore, and Pune and works with 1,700 waste pickers and collectors...
13 Nov, 2020, 06.00 AM IST
Unilever to invest €1 billion for cutting fossil fuels from cleaning productsThe company has been supporting industry-leading projects world over to change how the chemicals in Unilever’s cleaning and laundry product...
02 Sep, 2020, 02.20 PM IST
- Indian Plastic Processing Industry: Looking forward to Good Times
Polymer demand in India @ 14-15% p.a. growth will be 12MMT by 2011.
21 Sep, 2007, 01.33 AM IST
- Petrochem R&D to get Rs 500-cr catalyst fund
Government-funded R&D in the petrochemicals industry is set to take off with a Rs 500-crore fund that will be available to enterprising ind...
25 Apr, 2007, 01.40 AM IST
- Expert Grp calls for naphtha duty cut, phasing out Jute Act
An expert group on petrochemicals on Monday recommended doing away with the Jute Packaging Materials Act, cut in import duty on naptha and ...
28 Apr, 2003, 07.52 PM IST