UFlex to build new recycling plants in Noida with ₹317 crores investments

UFlex Ltd. will invest ₹317 crore in cutting-edge recycling technologies. In line with the commissioning of two new recycling units at Noida, the new units shall have an aggregate annual capacity to recycle an estimated 39,600 metric tons of plastic waste, which UFlex expects will contribute to an even greater production of recycled polyethylene terephthalate and recycled polyethylene for application in food packaging.

UFlex has recycling facilities in India, Poland, Egypt, and Mexico where it recycles various kinds of plastic wastes, the post-consumer multi-layered mixed plastics, multi-layer aseptic packaging, and polyethylene terephthalate. Having its corporate office in Noida, the company has a presence worldwide with modern manufacturing units across India, the UAE, the USA, CIS nations, Nigeria, and Hungary. That was the significant investment that UFlex, just having received clearance from the USFDA for its recycling process, mustered. Through this clearance, UFlex will be given the go-ahead to use recycled polyethylene in food packaging, irradiant in the form of this milestone.

The UFlex recycling process is super-clean recycling, where more than 95 percent de-inking of post-consumer recycled material occurs to better the quality of the recycled product.

Commenting on the development, Jeevaraj Gopal Pillai, Whole-time Director & Director for Sustainability, and President of Flexible Packaging and New Product Development at UFlex, said, "Additionally, we have applied for USFDA certification to recycle polypropylene, which will position UFlex as the first company in the flexible packaging industry with the technology and capacity to recycle all three materials — PET, PE, and PP — for use in food packaging." With this investment, UFlex aims to further strengthen its recycling infrastructure and reinforce its commitment to sustainable and innovative packaging solutions.