Industry Internship Documents

Department of Design space, NIFT, New Delhi

05 June – 04 July | 2018

Internship carried out At PRO India Recycling Pvt. Ltd., Gurugram, Haryana,
India – 122001

Submitted By
Vivek Patel | MD/17/153 | Semester III | M.DES | 17.19.

Faculty Mentor Industry Mentor

Mr. Mohammad Suhail Mr. Amit Saha

Founder & CEO
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The internship opportunity I had with PRO India Recycling Pvt. Ltd. was a great chance for learning and
professional development. Therefore, I consider myself as a very lucky individual as I was provided with an
opportunity to be a part of it. I am also grateful for having a chance to meet so many wonderful people and
professionals who led me through this internship period.

Bearing in mind previous I am using this opportunity to express my deepest gratitude and special thanks to
Amit Saha the Founder & CEO of PRO India Recycling & (Ex- Chief sustainability Officer of Coca Cola India),
who in spite of being extraordinarily busy with his duties, took time out to hear, guide and keep me on the
correct path and allowing me to carry out my project at their esteemed organization and extending during the
training.

I express my deepest thanks to Namrata Arora, (vice President in Design Innovation Team) for taking part in
useful decision & giving necessary advices and guidance and arranged all facilities to make life easier. I choose
this moment to acknowledge his contribution gratefully.

It is my radiant sentiment to place on record my best regards, deepest sense of gratitude to Ms. Sanchita Jindal,
[Vice President at sustainability and compliances team ], Mr./Ms. Ishraq Thameem, [Vice President in
Operations] Ms. Pragya Yajurvedi, [Lead sustainability], and all interns for their careful and precious
guidance which were extremely valuable for my study both theoretically and practically.

I would also like to thank my faculty mentor Mr. Mohammad Suhail for his valuable guidance and support
during the course of internship without his support and guidance this internship wouldn't have been possible.
I perceive as this opportunity as a big milestone in my career development. I will strive to use gained skills and
knowledge in the best possible way, and I will continue to work on their improvement, in order to attain
desired career objectives. Hope to continue cooperation with all of you in the future,

Sincerely,

Vivek Patel
Place: New Delhi
Date:24/08/18

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 CERTIFICATE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, NEW DELHI
INTERNSHIP REPORT

Vivek Patel, Master of Design Space

Roll no - MD/17/153 | Batch - 2017-19

This is to certify that the internship training report work done by the above student in PRO
India Recycling Pvt. Ltd, Gurugram, Haryana, during the period of 05 June 2018 to 04 August
2018
In particular fulfilment of the credit from the award of Master of Design Space. Have fulfilled
the requirement set by the institute and the evaluation jury. His work has been found
satisfactory.

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Mr. Mohammad Suhail
Associate Professor
National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi
Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India

External Jury Members:

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PRO India Recycling Pvt. Ltd - An Environmental Organisation
Gurugram | Haryana | India -122001

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Certificate from Company

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 Abstract
The benefits of plastic are undeniable. The material is cheap, lightweight and easy to make. These
qualities have led to a boom in the production of plastic over the past century. This trend will
continue as global plastic production skyrockets over the next 10 to 15 years. We are already
unable to cope with the amount of plastic waste we generate, unless we rethink the way we
manufacture, use and manage plastics. Ultimately, tackling one of the biggest environmental
scourges of our time will require governments to regulate, businesses to innovate and individuals
to act. This paper sets out the latest thinking on how we can achieve this. It looks at what
governments, businesses and individuals have achieved at national and sub-national levels to
curb the consumption of single-use plastics. It offers lessons that may be useful for policymakers
who are considering regulating the production and use of single-use plastics.

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 Table of contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 1
CERTIFICATE 2
Certificate from Company 4
Executive Summary (Abstract) 5
Table of contents 6
1.Introduction Error! Bookmark not defined.
1.1.What is the project 8
1.2.Definition and purpose of the project 8
1.3.Scope of the project 8
2. Company overview 12
Brief 13
3.Review of Literature/ Theoretical Background Error! Bookmark not defined.
Top 20 Countries Ranked by Mass of Mismanaged Plastic Waste 17
Bibliography 46

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1. Introduction
1.1. What is the project

This project is about to Track and trace the PET plastic waste journey & create
sustainable development. Where the PET plastic bottle will recycle into a wearable
product.

1.2. Definition and purpose of the project

The purpose of the project to create “Swachh Bharat” - make India litter free. through
recycling plastic waste. Creating the environment for entrepreneurship, fueling the drive
towards Swachh Bharat while creating Circular Economies.

1.3. Scope of the project

This project is design to Reduce & Reuse the post-consumer single use plastic. Which will
reduce the Plastic Pollution of India and build a circular economy. Implement the EPR
(Extended Producer Responsibility). EPR uses financial incentives to encourage
manufacturers to design environmentally friendly products by holding producers
responsible for the costs of managing their products at end of life. EPR may take the form
of a reuse, buy-back, or recycling program. The producer may also choose to delegate this
responsibility to a third party, a so-called producer responsibility organization (PRO),
which is paid by the producer for used-product management. In this way, EPR shifts the
responsibility for waste management from government to private industry, obliging
producers, importers and/or sellers to internalize waste management costs in their
product prices and ensuring the safe handling of their products.

1.4. Salient Contributions of the project

Circular Economy Overview

Looking beyond the current take-make-dispose extractive industrial model, a circular economy
aims to redefine growth, focusing on positive society-wide benefits. It entails gradually
decoupling economic activity from the consumption of finite resources, and designing waste out
of the system. Underpinned by a transition to renewable energy sources, the circular model
builds economic, natural, and social capital. It is based on three principles:

 Design out waste and pollution

 Keep products and materials in use
 Regenerate natural systems

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The concept of a circular economy
In a circular economy, economic activity builds and rebuilds overall system health. The concept
recognizes the importance of the economy needing to work effectively at all scales – for large
and small businesses, for organizations and individuals, globally and locally.

Transitioning to a circular economy does not only amount to adjustments aimed at reducing the
negative impacts of the linear economy. Rather, it represents a systemic shift that builds long-
term resilience, generates business and economic opportunities, and provides environmental
and societal benefits.

The model distinguishes between technical and biological cycles. Consumption happens only in
biological cycles, where food and biologically-based materials (such as cotton or wood) are
designed to feed back into the system through processes like composting and anaerobic
digestion. These cycles regenerate living systems, such as soil, which provide renewable
resources for the economy. Technical cycles recover and restore products, components, and
materials through strategies like reuse, repair, remanufacture or (in the last resort) recycling.

The notion of circularity has deep historical and philosophical origins. The idea of feedback, of
cycles in real-world systems, is ancient and has echoes in various schools of philosophy. It
enjoyed a revival in industrialized countries after World War II when the advent of computer-
based studies of non-linear systems unambiguously revealed the complex, interrelated, and
therefore unpredictable nature of the world we live in – more akin to a metabolism than a
machine. With current advances, digital technology has the power to support the transition to a
circular economy by radically increasing virtualization, de-materialization, transparency, and
feedback-driven intelligence.

The circular economy model synthesizes several major schools of thought. They include the
functional service economy (performance economy) of Walter Stahel; the Cradle to Cradle
design philosophy of William McDonough and Michael Braun art; biomimicry as articulated by
Janine Benyus; the industrial ecology of Reid Lifset and Thomas Graedel; natural capitalism by
Amory and Hunter Lovins and Paul Hawken; and the blue economy systems approach described
by Gunter Pauli

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ABOUT PRO INDIA
PRO India was established as an environment organization on 16 may 2018, the mission is to
stop plastic pollution of the planet’s natural environment and build a future in which humans
live in harmony with nature. PRO India Recycling started functioning on the day of world
environment day i.e. 05 June 2018

PRO India’s modest beginnings entailed operating out of a limited office space at JMD Mega
polis in Gurugram and very few Full-time staff. The running of the office relied largely on the
goodwill of the close-knit group of its founders and others associates who voluntarily
contributed their time and resources to the work of the organization.

Mission Statement
To stop the plastic pollution of the environment and build circular economy

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2.1. Company overview
PRO India recycling is an environmental organization. This PRO (Producer Responsibility
Organization) is a teamwork between a large set of stakeholders i.e. Waste Pickers, Academia,
Industry, Government. PRO India recycling Pvt. Ltd. is in process of creating $100 mm (India
Recycling Fund) Fund that helps every Stakeholder fulfill its mission and objective – be it
Government / Civil Society / Brands / Research & Academia / Recyclers / Processors. This PRO
could include all stakeholders in the plastics arena to create an unparalleled circular economy
for the world to look up

Who they are

PRO India recycling co. is in process of creating Extended Producer Responsibility about plastic
waste in India. EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) is about managing the product in waste
phase. Government has assigned the producers the responsibility ( financial or physical) for the
treatment and disposal of their products at the end of life to support public recycling and
material individuals producers to collect and treat the waste generated or a legal obligation to
finance the activities. It is an organization financed by producers whose primary task is to set up
and manage the infrastructure that organizes collection and processing on behalf of their
members.

What they do

They undertake audits of Material Resource Facility (Dhalauns) and are in process of creating
the largest database of Waste Pickers, wholesalers, Recyclers, Textile Manufacturers, Brands and
Cement Plants in India and interlinking all the loopholes in the Supply Chain.

They are also creating Sustainable Clothing Line from PET Bottles into Clothes. Each T-shirt
manufactured by them approximately weighs 200 gms. Which is created from 8 used PET
Bottles which have ended up in landfills in India gets an extended life infinite number of times.

PRO India Recycling Pvt. Ltd is a private company incorporated on 16v May. The registered
Office of the company is at J-601, EMAAR PALM DRIVE GOLF COURSE EXTENSION ROAD,
GURGAON, HARYANA

The company has 2 directors/key management personnel.

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2.2 Brief
The company has 2 directors and no reported key management personnel. The directors are Mr. Amit
Saha and Ms. Shalini Saha. The longest serving directors currently on board are Amit Saha and Shalini
Saha who were appointed on 16 May, 2018. They have been on the Board for months.

CIN U74999HR2018PTC074111

PAN AAJCP8775B

TAN RTKP09118F

GSTIN 06AAJCP8775B1Z6

16 May, 2018 / 0 yrs.

INCORPORATION DATE / AGE

LAST REPORTED AGM DATE Not Available

AUTHORIZED CAPITAL INR 1.0 Lacs

PAID UP CAPITAL INR 1.0 Lacs

INDUSTRY* Business Services

Unlisted Private Company

TYPE

Company limited by Shares

CATEGORY

Non- Govt. company

SUBCATEGORY

admin@india-recycling.com
EMAIL ADDRESS amit.saha@india-recycling.com

pro-plastic.in , www.india-recycling.com
WEBSITE

REGISTERED ADDRESS
J-601, EMAAR PALM DRIVE,GOLF COURSE EXTENSION ROAD
GURGAON Haryana (India)- 122001

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Background

The first totally man-made polymer to be synthesized was the phenol formaldehyde resin (called
Bakelite at the time) made by Leo Baekeland in his garage in Yonkers, New York, back in 1907.1 It was
an immediate success not only as a replacement for shellac in electrical wiring (the primary reason for
its invention) but also in numerous consumer uses including the body o f the old black dial telephones
and in early electrical fittings. Since that time, plastics have grown rapidly and have now become an
indispensable part of everyday life. The exponential growth of plastics and rubber use, essentially over a
short period of half a century, is a testimony to the versatility, high performance, and cost effectiveness
of polymers as a class of materials.

Introduction

The plastic industry, owing to its use in a wide variety of sectors, such as the automotive, construction,
electronics, healthcare, and textiles, is amongst the fastest growing markets. An analysis by Plastindia
Foundation suggests that the industry has grown at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10%, in
volume terms, from 8.33 million metric tons per annum (MMTPA) in FY 10 to 13.4 MMTPA in FY 15 and
is expected to grow at 10.5% from FY 15 to FY 20 to reach 22 MMTPA. This growth would be further
impelled by various government initiatives, such as Make in India, Skill India, Digital India, and the
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.1 Figure 1 depicts the consumption of plastic in the various sectors.
While the petrochemical sector is regarded as the backbone of plastic production, it is also considered a
yardstick for measuring global economic growth, wherein plastic processing and production is of vital
importance.2 Production of plastic (in terms of tonnage) is dominated by polyolefin, such as
polyethylenes, polystyrene, and polypropylene. The major polyolefin producers in India include the
Reliance Industries, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Haldia Petrochemicals, Bharat Petroleum
Corporation Limited, and Gas Authority of India Limited. Figure 2 depicts the export figures for plastic to
the various countries in FY 2015/16.3 It is expected that in the current financial year (FY2018), exports
would cross 8 billion USD with an increased growth of 9.5% in the first half of FY 2018 as compared to
the past year. It is also envisaged that exports are expected to double in the next 5 years, owing to the
growing domestic production. The average per capita consumption of plastic in India is about 11 kg,
which is considerably low as compared to the global average of 28 kg. This is further brought into
perspective with a special emphasis on the US where consumption is nearly ten times as has been shown
in Figure 3. An estimate by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India suggests
that the annual per capita consumption in India would be 20 kg by 2022. Further, the World Economic
Forum suggests that the volume of plastic production and consumption would considerably increase,
thus leading to large amounts of plastic waste generation and related GHG emissions by 2050. Further,
the forum also states that owing to the dependence on petroleum feedstocks, oil consumption will have
increased threefold and the carbon budget would register an increase from 1% to 15%. Although the
burgeoning rates of plastic production project positively for Indian businesses, the cause of concern is
the lack of an organized mechanism to deal with 15,342 tonnes of plastic waste generated per day. As
per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) reports, plastic contributes to 8% of the total solid waste,
with Delhi producing the maximum quantity followed by Kolkata and Ahmedabad.4 Further, the report
also suggests that 60% of the tota

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Top 20 Countries Ranked by Mass of Mismanaged Plastic Waste

Souce : www.earthday.org

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4.1 : PET bottle Recycling into polyester
Filaments

Ganesha Ecosphere ltd

About Ganesha Ecosphere

Ganesha Ecosphere Ltd. Entered into business in 1987.
Over the years, the Company has emerged as one of the
leading PET recycled RPSF manufacturers in India. They
are the manufacture of Recycled Polyester Staple Fibre
(RPSF) and Recycled Polyester Spun Yarn (RPSY) from
pre and Post consumer PET Bottle scrap under the
Leadership and visionary farsightedness of our illustrious
Chairman cum Managing Director Shri Shyam Sunder
Sharma. Ganesha is headed by a Team of dynamic
professionals
Being into sustainable business of PET bottle Recycling their aim is to collect maximum PET waste
through our 20 + collection centers across India and minimize its environment impact by turning it into
resource.
Having its Manufacturing Units at Kanpur (UP), Rudrapur (Uttrakhand) and Bilaspur (UP). Ganesha
has a cumulative capacity of 97800 tons per annum (87600 TPA of RPSF and 7200 TPA of RPSY and
3000 TPA of dyed and texturized/ Twisted Filament Yarn) of RPSF and Yarn.

Product find application in the manufacture of textiles (T-shirt, Body warmers etc.) Functional Textiles
(non- woven air filter fabric, geo textiles, carpet, car upholstery) and fillings (for pillows duvets, toys)

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4.2: Fabric Manufacturing

Garg Acrylics ltd

About Garg Acrylics

Established in 1999 as a worsted spinner and Hosiery manufacturer, Garg Group has grown itself
as leading textile giant of Northern India manufacturing yarn, woven fabric and knitwear with
strong market reputation and acceptability. Within a short span of time, the Group has
augmented its capacities to the level of 3, 43,230 operational spindles in yarns. Currently they
have the capacity of 70 Million kg/year. They offer one stop solution to meet the yarn
requirements of Domestic and majority for international market.

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4.3: T-shirt Manufacturing
Kabir Creations

About Kabir Creations

The Kabir creation is leading name in corporate and promotional merchandise manufacturing.
Kabir creation is located in the heart of New Delhi at Prem Nagar, Patel Nagar, New Delhi, Is a
B2B company that presents its clients with a huge assortment of customizable merchandise that
can be used for promotional and gifting purpose. They manufacture and deliver certain products
that can be personalized to advertise their business to new people. Kabir Creation engaged in the
manufacturing and supplying of business printing as well as promotional merchandise. Their
clients rage from local family-owned business to corporate enterprises in Dubai, Australia and the
US. Kabir creations have branch office in Australia and Dubai

Their Products

 Promotional Apparel
o T-shirt, caps, hoodies, sweatshirts, jacket, etc.
 Office Stationery
o Notebooks, notepads, diaries, stickers,
 Business printing
o Letterheads, visiting cards, envelopes, brochures, etc.
 Corporate Use Products
o Bags trophies, lanyards, etc.

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5.1: GRS Certification
About GRS (Global Recycle Standard)
The Global Recycled Standard (GRS) is a product
standard for tracking and verifying the content of recycled
materials in a final product, while ensuring strict
production requirements. The Global Recycle Standard
was originally developed by Control Union certification in
2008 and ownership was passed to the textile exchange
on 1 January 2011. The GRS is an international,
voluntary, full product standard that sets requirements
for third-party certification of recycled content, chain of custody, social and environmental practices and
chemical restriction

Introduction
The Global Recycled Standard is an international, voluntary, full product standard that sets requirements
for third-party certification of recycled content, chain of custody, social and environmental practices, and
chemical restrictions.

The GRS is intended to meet the need of companies looking to verify the recycled content of their
products (both finished and intermediate products) and to verify responsible social, environmental, and
chemical practices in the production of these products.

The objectives of the GRS are to define requirements to ensure accurate content claims, good working
conditions, and that harmful environmental and chemical impacts are minimized. This standard applies
to all companies that manufacture or trade GRS products. The standard covers processing,
manufacturing, packaging, labeling, trading and distribution of all products made with a minimum of
20% recycled material.

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Scope
Global Recycled Standard
 The Standard establishes that specific input materials are accounted for and quantified for
the purposes of making a percentage-based claim.
 The Standard applies to products that contain 20% or more recycled content.
 The Standard can be used with any recycled input material, and can apply to any supply
chain.
 The Standard gives guidelines for practices that protect the integrity and identity of recycled
material.
 The Standard gives guidelines for social and environmental requirements during the
production stages of GRS certified products.

Application

 The GRS addresses the flow of products within and between companies, and covers
manufacturing, storage, handling, and shipping. The GRS applies to the supply chain,
including all owners up to the final seller in the last B2B transaction.

Sustainability
 Control Union Certifications keeps sustainability as a core focus
 Sustainability begins in the field and is presented at every step in the supply chain

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5.2 Composition & Quality Certification

About textile committee

 The Textile Committee is under the administrative control of Ministry of Textiles, Government
of India. The Textiles committee as an Organization, started functioning from 22nd august 1964.
By virtue of section 3 of the Textiles Committee act, 1963. The Textile Committee is a statutory
body with perpetual succession.

Functions
 The textiles Committees main objective is to ensure the quality of textiles and textile machinery
both for internal consumption and export purposes. The Textiles Committee, as corollary to its main
objective of ensuring the quality of textiles and textiles machinery has been entrusted with the following
functions, under Section 4 of the Act:

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6.1 Research
 Material
 Type of box

6.2 Market survey

 Box manufacturer
 Costing and Negotiation

6.3 Design Visualization

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7: Digital Content Creation
7.1 LOGO Designing
 Shooting videos and pictures at site
 Locations

Company logo

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Brand logo

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7.2 Video Editing
 Video clipping
 Sorting video
 Music
7.3 Software used
 Adobe Premiere PRO
 After Effects

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Appendix
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Aug. 2018].

Textileexchange.org. (n.d.). Find Certified Companies | Textile Exchange. [online] Available at:
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[Accessed 15 Aug. 2018].

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