From Waste to Reuse: Avro India Sets Up Major Flexible Plastic Recycling Facility

Avro India, a manufacturer of plastic-moulded furniture, has commissioned a greenfield recycling facility in Ghaziabad to process difficult-to-recycle plastic waste. The facility operates under AVRO Recycling Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Avro India Limited. It includes a flexible plastic recycling plant with a current processing capacity of 500 metric tonnes per month (MTPM), which is planned to increase to 1,000 MTPM by Q4 of FY 2025–26.

Capital expenditure for the recycling plant stands at ₹25 crore to date, with an additional ₹30 crore planned by FY 2027. The company has also indicated plans for further greenfield recycling projects across India.

Avro India was founded in 2002, and the business operations involve the manufacturing of plastic moulded furniture, categorized under the home and personal products and traded on the NSE and BSE stocks. It has distribution networks with over 30,000 retailers and 300 distributors in 24 states.

Plastic waste such as cement bags, salt bags, sugar bags, putty bags, and calcite packs, which are difficult to process, have been recycled to a limited extent or are processed by the unorganized sector. According to the company, after more than three years of research and trials, it has developed a system designed to process such waste, addressing a portion of the estimated 1 million metric tonnes per annum (MTPA) of this material generated in India.

The recycled granules produced at the facility are used in manufacturing products including plastic furniture, air coolers, washing machines, automotive components, and other industrial and consumer applications. The company states that these materials are available at lower cost compared to virgin plastic while meeting technical and durability requirements.

Following the implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) norms by the Government of India, which require the use of recycled plastic content in rigid plastics, demand for recycled raw materials has increased. Avro India’s recycling operations aim to supply recycled plastic to meet this requirement at scale.

Commenting on the development, Sushil Kumar Aggarwal, Chairman and Whole-Time Director, Avro India Limited, said the company has focused on building systems capable of processing complex plastic waste and converting it into usable raw material.

The company is also developing a network of recycling plants across India, including a ‘mother and baby’ plant model, with the objective of decentralising waste processing and supporting circular economy initiatives.