: Gurgaon-Based Brothers Make Bioplastic From Corn Starch That Composts in 6 Months #IndiaNEWS #Lede According to estimates by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), India’s national per capita

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Gurgaon-Based Brothers Make Bioplastic From Corn Starch That Composts in 6 Months #IndiaNEWS #Lede
According to estimates by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), India’s national per capita plastic waste generation stands at 7. 6 gm per day. The official CPCB study goes on to state that India produces an astounding 3. 3 trillion grams of plastic per year.
As per a 2015 study by the CPCB, nearly 66% of plastic waste consisted of “mixed waste—poly bags, multilayer pouches used for packing food items, etc. (belonging to HPPE/ LDPE or PP materials), sourced mainly from households and residential localities. �
The study noted that this sort of plastic waste could not be recycled. Further, a global material balance study on plastics found that “79% of the total plastics produced in the world enters our environment as waste. Only 9% of the total plastic waste in the world is recycled�. In India, meanwhile, according to the Union government, of the 25,000 tonnes of plastic waste generated every day, 40% remains littered and uncollected. So, what’s a possible solution?
Introducing Hi-Tech International, a Gurugram-based venture co-founded by brothers Mukul and Siddharth Sareen, which manufactures a plant-based biopolymer called Dr Bio. The venture claims that this bio-compostable plastic will dissolve in the soil. In the long run, the brothers believe that Dr Bio can be used to replace single-use and multi-use plastic products such as bottles, straws, cups, disposable cutlery, polybags, etc. with bio-compostable plastic.
(Above image of co-founders Mukul and Siddharth Sareen courtesy Hi-Tech International)
Hi-Tech is the first company in the country to manufacture plant-based bio-polymer. Their latest installment, Dr. Bio, has received approval from the Institute of Petrochemicals Technology (formerly known as Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology or CIPET). They believe this uniquely positions Hi-Tech to “redefine and transform the plastic industry towards sustainable bio-compostable plastic. �
Backed by a 250,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Ludhiana for commercial manufacturing of the biopolymer, the company believes that it’s “well poised to create a strong foothold for itself even as the government takes stringent measures to phase out single-use plastic�.
“Our bio granules are made entirely from different biomass materials, although there are different blends for end applications like bottle grade or film grade. One of the major components is starch, primarily corn starch. Other components include tapioca starch, lactic acids, poly-lactic acids and earth minerals for better tensile strength. These are all compostable and biomass materials that can be eventually eaten up by worms and disintegrated.

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