Uflex has pioneered the growth of the flexible packaging industry in India. Founded in 1988, Uflex has manufacturing facilities in India and overseas in Dubai, Mexico, USA, Poland & Egypt.

The company, which describes itself as a pioneer in multilayer plastic manufacturing and recycling, says it is scaling up its recycling strength to help build a circular economy. The company indicates that the pilot plant in its Noida facility has been designed to accept collected postconsumer PET Bottles as well as multi-layer plastic film and convert them into chips and granules. That output can in turn, be “put into further use to make products with economic value,” said UFlex as stated by Recycling Today. 

Uflex Ltd has shown that plastic is recyclable with their machine. The pellets produced from recycled plastics can be used for making buckets, mugs and dustbins; park benches; tiles and tables; and roads and road dividers.

The company claims that the machine that it has developed can produce pellets at a rate of 250 kg per hour. “Since the process involved is ‘cooking’ plastic waste, there is no emission of noxious gases, unlike the incineration process. And since it is cooking, the process requires only moderate temperatures, and hence is not very energy-intensive,” Chaturvedi told Businessline.