Plastic Statastic
Consumption and recycling scenario in
India - Comparison
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Heating Values of Municipal Solid Waste
Constituents
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Is paper an alternate to single plastic
products?
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Plastics Used for packaging WE 1999
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Polluting Industries.. Where is the
Plastic Industry?
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Resource Conservation - A case study
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World PET Market Growth
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Worldwide Uses of Oil Resources
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Consumption and recycling
scenario in India - Comparison
A comparison
A unique
situation
Per capita consumption:
India 4 Kgs 4 Kgs
China 18 Kgs
Other developed countries 20 Kgs
Recycling
India 60 % ( Highest )
World 20 %
Heating Values of Municipal
Solid Waste Constituents
Heating Values of different constituents
of Municipal Waste and some of commonly used fuels
Municipal
Waste:
Plastic
�
Polyethylene
�
Polypropylene
�
Polystyrene
Rubber
Newspaper
Leather
Corrugated boxes
(paper)
Textiles
Wood
Average of MSW
Commonly used
Fuel |
19,900
19,850
17,800
10,900
8,000
7,200
7,000
6,900
6,700
2,600
20,900 |
Source : Report on waste to energy
US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) 1995
Is paper an alternate to
single plastic products?
The world produced 299
Million Tonnes of paper in 1997, losing 14 Million hectares of
forest cover.
Product |
Sp.
Energy Consumption |
Unit
(Kwh) |
Paper
Processing |
Ton / Ton of
Paper |
1600 |
Polymer
Processing |
Ton / Ton of
Polymer |
400 |
Source: TERI report 2001
Paper & Pulp products pollution is ranked third highest in
India.
Industry contribution to Pollution.
Particulate : 4%
Sulphur : 15%
Nitrogen : 11%
Surface water : 19%
Resource Conservation - A
case study
Polluting sources
Industry |
Share |
Food products |
38 |
Industrial
chemicals |
29 |
Paper & Pulp
products |
19 |
Non- Ferrous metals |
10 |
Petroleum
refineries |
2 |
Other Chemicals |
1 |
textiles |
1 |
And the plastic industry does not appear
on the list
Sector |
Share
of total pollution (%) |
Particulates |
Sulphur |
Nitrogen |
Industrial
chemicals |
8 |
11 |
18 |
Iron & Steel |
23 |
2 |
5 |
Non-ferrous metals |
3 |
1 |
0 |
Other chemicals |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Food products |
11 |
4 |
8 |
Paper & pulp
produucts |
4 |
15 |
11 |
Non-metallic
mineral products |
32 |
3 |
10 |
Petroleum
refineries |
6 |
31 |
21 |
Textiles |
6 |
30 |
23 |
Resource Conservation - A case study
Case Study: Edible Oil (For
packing one liter)
Type Gms
Tinplate Container : 63
Plastic Container : 40
Tetra pack* :
30-35
PET bottles :
22-28
Plastic Pouches : 9
Case Study: Milk (For
packing one liter)
Type
Gms
Glass Bottle : 750
Tetra pack* : 26
PET Bottles :
20-25
Plastic Pouches : 4.5
* composite of paper/foil/plastic
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