India has a booming plastics industry that is majorly dependant on the domestic petrochemical sector. This is because of the very high demand for plastics and plastic products from industries as diverse as packaging, electronics, food and beverage processing, healthcare, automotives and many others. India has world-class facilities for plastics manufacture and has also undergone a high level of technological upgradation. Although the Indian per capita consumption of plastics is low by international standards, the country has a very high amount of plastic recyclers. In India, plastic is recycled from both industrial as well as urban waste, and the amount recycled is much higher than the world average. Hide this