Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari highlights “Waste is Wealth for Sustainability in India's Growth Trajectory” at IMRC 2023
Kochi, 3rd Feb 2023: Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI) hosted the 10th edition of the International Indian Material Recycling Conference (IMRC 2023) at Grand Hyatt Kochi, Kerala from February 2 to 4. The meet of global recyclers saw 1800+ delegates, including 450 foreign delegates, to create a deeper insight for maximizing the rate of recycling, protect natural resources, minimize environmental pollution, create more employment opportunities for women in the weaker section and will help achieve the sustainable development goal of India's commitment of carbon neutrality by 2070.
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari while speaking at the session on Role of Sustainability in India's Growth Trajectory shared "Today the recycling industry is one of the most important industries for the country. The availability of the material is very important and the futuristic technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, science, technology, research, skilled and successful practices, which we call knowledge and conversion of knowledge into wealth is the future. The other important philosophy which I always appreciate is conversion of waste into wealth. Regarding the Circular economy, I am confident that the recycling of different types of materials by using the futuristic good technology available in the world is really a success story for the country. The automobile industry is already creating employment potential of 4.5 lakhs crores in the country, which is a great thing for the country and now our target is to make this industry 15 lakhs crores as we are now at No. 3 position globally”
He also urged the domestic recyclers to collaborate and come up with recycling units across the country. “In the metal sector we have a lot of shortage of copper, aluminium and steel and this is the time we need to encourage the recycling of the material by which we can reduce the cost of the finished product. That is the reason why that govt. is propagating the Scrappage Policy. The government has taken the decision to extract Scrap from 9 lakhs government vehicles which is a very historical decision for the country. At the same time we are opening scrapping units across the country. I also appeal to automobile manufacturers and corporate giants to come together and start scrapping units”.
The conference focused on various aspects of Materials in India & International Markets like Ferrous, Non-Ferrous, Circular Economy, Plastic, E-Waste, Tyre Recycling, Battery Recycling will provide the comprehensive industry-driven information on Material Recycling in the World.
Ms Ruchika Chaudhary Govil, Additional Secretary Ministry of Steel, opined "There is need to develop a systematic roadmap for achieving India's commitment of carbon neutrality by 2070. Waste will have to be recycled. Several recycling zones across the country are the need of the hour to work in a coherent fashion. Consumers have immense recyclable material lying at their homes like e-waste, clothes etc and we need to tackle it seriously by working in sync with kabadiwala, local municipal corporations and recycling parks to derive secondary resources for the future". MRAI highlighted the issue with Non-Ferrous scrap BIS standards and seeked support from Ministry of Mines, NITI Aayog to resolve the same.
Mr. Sanjay Mehta, President, MRAI shared, "We are excited for India’s future, we can see more than 400 medium and large infrastructure projects are currently under way in India and I believe the next 25 years are going to be India’s growth story. India is going to consume more & more materials; Manufacturing activities are going to increase and I believe in the future India will become the export hub for the world in the next 20 years. As being the world’s second-largest steel producer, India needs to become a responsible steel producer and therefore, we anticipate incremental usage of scrap in the coming years. Primary steel industry accounts for around 8% of total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions on a yearly basis, while it accounts for 12% of all CO2 emissions in India. MRAI also urges the government to enhance the usage of secondary steel in government infrastructure projects, announce circular economy recycling parks and address domestic scrap shortage”
Several key speakers on both the days reiterated the fact that till now the global economy increasingly relied on materials from virgin sources and has extracted more than in the entire century —improving people’s living standards, but at the same time breaking through the safe environmental limits of the planet and hence recycling and circularity would only help to achieve the sustainable development goals.
The 3- day event engages multiple Panel Discussions like Plastic Recycling EPR Policy & BIS Standards, Policy Framework & Technological Advancement in Tyre Recycling, E-Waste Management Rules 2022 & Circular Economy in E-waste Recycling etc.
The conference is attended by eminent international industry leaders, Govt. of India Officials from Ministry of Steel, Ministry of Mines, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, NITI AAYOG, Ministry of Electronics, Information & Technology, Ministry of Shipping, Bureau of Indian Standards and more alongwith International Associations – BIR, ISRI etc.
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