2019 – Posted in: Press Information Bureau – Tags: plastic pollution

Plastic Parks

(Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers)

WHAT

The Centre has decided to set up a plastic park in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha during 2019-20 fiscal.

Four Plastic parks in the States of Assam (Tinsukia), Madhya Pradesh (Raisen), Odisha (Jagatsinghpur) & Tamil Nadu (Thiruvallur) are approved for implementation till 2019-20.

ABOUT PLASTIC PARKS

A plastic park is an industrial zone devoted to plastic enterprises. It includes a whole range of companies required by the plastics processing community from material and machinery suppliers, plastics processing companies, plastic recycling companies, etc.

The parks will manufacture range of polymer products (woven sacks, moulded furniture, water tanks, bottles, pipes mosquito nets, etc.)
The plastic industry is growing at rapid pace and polymer consumption in India will double from current 10 million metric tonnes to 20 million metric tonnes by 2022.

SIGNIFICANCE

Provide direct employment generation.
Attracting investment for setting up plastic industry ecosystem.

OBJECTIVE OF SETTING UP PLASTIC PARK

Increase the competitiveness
Polymer absorption capacity
Value addition in the domestic downstream plastic processing industry

WAY TO ACHIEVE ITS OBJECTIVES

This will be done through:

Adaptation of modern, research and development-led measures
Increased investment in the sector through addition in capacity and production
Creating quality infrastructure and other facilitation to ensure value addition and increase in exports
Achieve environmentally sustainable growth theough innovative methods of waste management, recycling etc.
Adopt a cluster development approach

ALL INDIA PLASTICS MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATION

The All India Plastics Manufacturers’ Association – popularly known as AIPMA – Was founded by Industry visionaries 73 years ago making it the old & the largest Apex Body of the Plastic Industry in India.

Headquartered in Mumbai, and Regional Offices in Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata.

AIPMA:

Work towards making India an International sourcing base for plastics.
Vigorously promote plastics in compliance with National & International standards and Certifications like BIS, ISO, Six Sigma, Lean Management, National Manufacturing Competitiveness, Reach, etc. for the industry for extensive use of Global Information Technology.
Handle various environmental issues & anti-plastic campaigns.

Source: PIB

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