New Delhi: The Centre for Rural Development and Technology (CRDT) of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi organised a two-day international conference titled "Circular economy solutions for plastics, microplastics: solving the grand challenge." As a part of a scientific collaboration between India and Finland, this event was organised in cooperation with University of Eastern Finland (UEF).
The Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture supported the circular economy solutions for microplastics (CESMI) research project, which was carried out at IIT Delhi through the FICORE (Finnish Indian consortia for research and education) network. Numerous research institutions, universities, corporate, and public organisations are involved in the endeavour.
Delegates from the Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) and UEF in Finland, as well as IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, and IIT Dharwad in India, attended the conference. In order to find circular economy solutions for microplastics, the event aimed to bring technological, business, social, and policy views from Finland and India together.
Sunil Kumar Khare, dean of research and development at IIT Delhi, started off by outlining different areas of research on plastic contamination at IIT Delhi. He also discussed the prospects for future partnerships between Finland and India and how the circular economy could be used as a potential remedy for the contamination.
The symposium's keynote speakers from IIT Delhi discussed a variety of connected subjects while also providing background information. Shishir Sinha, director general of the Central Institute of Petrochemical Engineering and Technology, emphasised the value of recovering plastics and emphasised how difficult it is to separate garbage at the source.
Marika Kokko, an associate professor at TAMK, presented on the topic of identifying microplastics in sludge from industrial and municipal sources. Anna Lahde from the Aerosol Technology Lab at UEF spoke about the value-added recycling of plastic waste. The incidence, risk management, and mitigation techniques of microplastics in various environmental matrices were discussed by IIT Delhi and CRDT.
ONGC initiatives in dealing with plastic waste, problems and challenges in business and societal ecosystems, and an action plan for reducing and recycling plastics were also covered. These topics ensured proper recycling/processing of various types of plastic waste to produce other useful consumable products.
Sudip Mitra, an associate professor in the school of agro and rural technology at IIT Guwahati, and Victor Carrasco Navarro, a professor at UEF, moderated the panel discussion on the many issues linked to microplastic contamination and mitigation measures.
Oral presentations by scientists and researchers from various groups and laboratories made up the second part of the event. The conveners of each group then presented the project ideas that resulted from extensive discussion and offered changes to the projects at the end of the symposium.
Future collaborations between Finland and India as well as prospective financial sources are also discussed at the meeting. IIT Delhi students presented their research ideas on the issue and discussed how they might get involved in the project now and in the future.
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