Plastic waste processing plant set up in Greater Noida's Ecotech 12

Time of India

29-05-2025

NOIDA: Greater Noida has set up a plastic waste processing plant, known as a Material Recovery Facility (MRF), in Ecotech 12. The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) established this facility, which has the capacity to process five metric tons of waste per day.
Waste collected from nearby areas will be brought to this plant, where it will be segregated and used to prepare raw material from plastic.
This raw material will then be used to make products like chairs, tables, and lamps. The facility has a monthly capacity to segregate approximately 150 metric tons of waste. Greater Noida generates nearly 25 tons of plastic waste per day.
According to the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, it is the duty and responsibility of urban local bodies to set up MRFs in their area.
An MRF is a facility where non-compostable solid waste is temporarily stored to facilitate segregation, sorting, and recovery of recyclables from various components of waste by the authorised informal sector of waste pickers, informal recyclers, or any other workforce engaged by the local body for the purpose before the waste is delivered or taken up for its processing or disposal.
Dadri MLA Tejpal Nagar, the Authority's ACEO Shrilakshmi VS, and OSD Abhishek Pathak inaugurated the facility on Wednesday.
Nagar stated that proper waste management is crucial for any city. 'The authority's initiative in processing waste and working towards making Greater Noida clean is appreciated. Residents from both villages and sectors should support and benefit from this facility,' he said.
Chetram Singh, a senior manager at Greater Noida Authority, explained that the waste material is segregated into different streams of waste fractions (paper, plastic, packaging paper, bottles, etc.),
which are then sold to intermediaries who supply bulk material to the recycling industries. 'This facility will only handle plastic waste. We will also raise awareness for segregation of waste at the household level,' he said.
ACEO Shrilakshmi mentioned that this MRF centre is part of an effort to make Greater Noida a clean and beautiful city. She said that this initiative will only succeed if residents segregate waste at the source.
She urged citizens to keep two separate dustbins for wet and dry waste. The centre will initially process five tons of waste daily, and its capacity may be increased in the future.
The cost of setting up this facility is Rs 4 crore, which will be borne by HDFC Bank under its CSR fund. The centre will be operated and managed by an NGO, the Centre for Environment Education (CEE). Kartikeya Sarabhai, Director of CEE, said a campaign will be launched to raise awareness among residents about segregating waste at the household level.