WAY FORWARD
Sustainability Challenges
for the Global Plastics Industry
A commitment that we will work as one responsible industry sector across all economies, will help find
long range sustainable solutions that are practical and appreciated by the entire world, soon.
T
he plastics industry, the world over, has been facing the specter of
‘sustainability’ in the last 5 or 6 years since some leading champions of the environment and economists, mostly based in the west, have blamed it for
Vijay Merchant Chairman, Polycraft Group, Mumbai
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using up non-renewable resources of our planet and doing little to address the nuisance of litter and colossal waste. The plastics sector has been blamed for meeting ‘needs of today but not caring for the needs of tomorrow’ and, thereby, not playing a
responsible role in caring for ‘sustainable development’ which is so vital for humans and also for controlling the most feared climate change worries across the world.
POLYMERS Communiqué l April - May 2021
