Eco start-up Mangala Resource Management opens Mulky unit to convert plastic waste into high-quality lumps
Mangala Resource Management has opened a new facility in Mulky to recycle plastic waste into high-quality plastic lumps. This initiative aims to improve rural waste management by processing specific types of plastic locally rather than transporting them as bales.
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It highlights practical, scalable solutions for rural waste management and the circular economy in India.
The Mangala Resource Management Pvt. Ltd., an eco start-up that operates three material recovery facilities (MRFs) in Dakshina Kannada and one in Udupi district for the State government, has commissioned a unit in Mulky to recycle plastic waste into high-quality plastic lumps (gatta).
According to Ranjan Bellarpady, executive director of the start-up, the unit commissioned on Saturday recycles discarded low-density polyethylene (LDPE), high molecular (HM) and polypropylene (PP) raffia plastics into lumps. This is the second level of recycling plastic after segregation at the basic level.
The company’s managing director, Dilraj Alva, said the lumps produced by the unit are used by plastic industries to make PVC pipes, plastic chairs and buckets.
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