ICPE Programmes & Activities

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ICPE Programmes & Activities

The ICPE charter lays great emphasis on technical programs:

  • To support upgradation of plastic waste management in India.
  • Provide monitor & provide social, environmental & technological inputs in respect of the Plastic industry.
  • Develop and encourage standards / specifications / guidelines for plastic waste / recyclates for applications in various products. # Sponsor / undertake R & D work in the area of plastics in general & plastics waste management in particular.
  • Develop and encourage codification system for assisting recycling in critical and non-critical applications
  • Collect, collate, publish and disseminate statistical data and technical information on Plastic waste industry / plastic industry.

To meet these objectives, ICPE has already launched or is in the process of launching and is committed to various technical programs & activities.

ICPE has taken up and also sponsored research & development programmes at various National Institutes / CSRI Institutes / IITs on LCA  Projects, Packaging Projects. ICPE had undertaken up and implemented important and pioneering recycling and energy recovery projects like Coprocessing of All Types of Plastics in Cement Kilns, Use of Plastics Waste in the construction of Bitumen Roads and Pyrolysis of plastics waste etc. ICPE intends to continue sponsorship of similar programs with leading R & D institutions and laboratories of the country.

ICPE is instrumental in developing the packaging guidelines and the Plastics Recycling Standards (IS 14534 / 14535) in the country. ICPE is involved in the drafting of Indian Standard IS 17899T: 2022 for Biodegradable Plastics.  ICPE is represented on the Bureau of Indian Standards in the Technical Committees of PCD 12 (Plastics Materials), PCD 21 (Plastics Packaging), PCD 27 (Plastics Testing), EED (Environment and Ecology Division – former CHD 33: Solid Waste Management)

ICPE has already conducted and will continue to conduct at regular intervals technical training workshops in the area of plastic materials & processing, plastics recycling and plastic waste management. These workshops are designed for industry members (plastic processors, recyclers), end users, nodal agencies and general public to bring about enhanced knowledge/skills in the respective fields.

ICE publishes from time-to-time technical & scientific presentation materials, booklets and other publications to bring about comprehensive technical awareness in the area of plastics & environment. These publications are used both for education and mass communication and mass communication programs.

ICPE has committed to several pilot & demonstration projects across the country. Some of the major programs include:

  • Compactor for crushing & bailing of waste plastic bottles, glasses & cups in area like railway stations. One of such compactor has been successfully   designed, installed and operated at church gate, Mumbai.
  • Pilot incineration Project is proposed for one of the metros in co-operation with local authorities.
  • Plastic waste will be utilized to construct long life superior test roads under the auspices of a central nodal agency (this is based on a know-how developed by other institutions as well as internal development).
  • Pilot pyrolysis plant in New Delhi for recycling of multilayered film, Thermocol and co-mingled plastics waste.
  • Upgradation of tiny / small recycling units.

ICPE commissions leading institutions to carry out Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) for various materials. Two such studies have been commissioned with IIT Delhi in the area of flexible packaging v/s. traditional packaging material. Link to several other LCA Study Reports conducted on plastics by reputed internationally reputed institutions have also been reproduced in ICPE website with permission, for mass knowledge.