UFlex showcases circularity in multi-layered plastics

The company has recycled more than half a million tons of multi-layer mixed plastic waste (MLP) so far and has spent more than US $20 million in the last financial year at its Poland and Mexico sites

Ashok Chaturvedi, Chairman and Managing Director, UFlex Ltd., shared his insights to build circularity in multi-layered plastics packaging at the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) board meeting at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), New York.

At the AEPW board meeting in New York, Chaturvedi made a strong case for the continued and ubiquitous use of multi-layer mixed plastic (MLP) that provide a barrier that is required for packaging of a number of essential items including food products; enable high-speed packing; are cost-effective, and are 100% recyclable.

Chaturvedi’s presentation to the AEPW Board included a virtual walkthrough of the UFlex recycling facilities at Noida, Poland, and Mexico to recycle and upcycle post-consumer multi-layer mixed plastic waste into value-added household and industrial plastic products such as dustbins, outdoor furniture, and more.

Chaturvedi volunteered to provide technical knowledge and related support to any organization or country that would like to replicate and scale recycling infrastructure to pivot to a circular economy. He urged brand owners and civic bodies across regions and countries to collaborate and strengthen the recycling value chain.

UFlex runs an advanced injection moulding facility at its Noida site and this was established to recycle granules and to demonstrate various possibilities to the moulding industry. Today, decorative, functional, engineering parts, household and office products, and hundreds of other articles are being manufactured with recycled granules at UFlex’s recycling facilities.

UFlex has recycled more than half a million tons of Multi-Layer mixed Plastic Waste (MLP) so far and has spent more than US $20 million in the last financial year at its Poland and Mexico sites.