Waste Management

By consolidating ownership of RMIL, Gravita India streamlines decision-making, simplifies financial reporting, and captures more of the subsidiary’s profits within the parent company.

On the pull side, Türkiye’s plastics recycling industry has expanded rapidly, with processors willing to import waste as feedstock for producing recycled granules.

According to the ILO, improving occupational safety and income stability within informal recycling activities is critical for building resilient urban labour markets, particularly where waste management systems are under strain from rapid population growth.

By 2040, the Kingdom aims to divert 90 percent of all waste streams away from landfills, with specific targets of 40 percent recycling, 31 percent composting, and 16 percent waste-to-energy conversion.

The dissolution will have no material financial impact on Gravita India’s consolidated accounts, reflecting the subsidiary’s inactive status.

Saint-Gobain’s Egypt expansion proves that recycling is not an environmental add-on, it is a manufacturing strategy.

The associations call on the Competition Commission to open a formal investigation into systemic manipulation and to support suspension of the PPS pending an independent investigation.

Upon completion, power generation will rise from 30MW to 60MW, annual waste processing will double from 300,000 to 600,000 tonnes, CO₂ displacement will grow from 450,000 to nearly 1 million tonnes annually, and homes powered will increase from 28,000 to approximately 60,000 households.

Portugal joins a growing list of European countries with national DRS, including Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Croatia, and the Netherlands.

Certified recyclers are doing their part, yet they compete with informal burning and backyard dumping that still defines most e-waste disposal across the city.