Today, every company which uses plastic as Packaging of their valuable Brand Products or the Company which is manufacturing the Plastic Packaging/Bags necessitates to comply under EPR as per the PWM Rule 2022 (amendment thereafter). Companies are required to submit the Action Plan of their work with all the required data on regular basis which is a challenging task for them. This is where they require a Waste Management Company to help them with all the compliances and fulfil their EPR requirements while helping them to understand the Rules. Based out of Gujarat, Akshar Engineers is one such renowned Plastic Waste Management Firm.

Established in the year 2013, Akshar Engineers is based out of Rajkot region taking up systematic commercial operations under the aegis of the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2022. The company aims to maximize the Recycling of Plastic Waste as it supports Extended Producer Responsibilities (EPR) implementing Circular Economy, Environmental Safety and generating Employment Opportunities to back the Making India Garbage Free Campaign collaborating with local municipalities and grampanchayats.

"We are a team of qualified of Environment Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, MBA and more with highly experienced business professionals who guide producers/brandowners/ importer and recycler regarding latest environment laws/rules/regulation and technology developed and available in the market to cater down plastic waste. We not only

prepare the Action Plan but take all the plastic related worries from our clients. To cover up the consumption of the plastic we have to dispose that quantity of Plastic in regular basis. So, we have made the Mobile Trommel Machine. After the use of the machine, we are able to handle and segregate larger quantity of plastic waste in shorter span of time from dumpsites. Additionally, we are equipped with technologically advanced machinery to recycle plastic waste with minimum environmental harm at our recycling facility at Makhawad, Rajkot. We have also developed our own manifest software to track and keep record of complete details from plastic waste collection to plastic waste recycling till disposal", briefs Pravinbhai – CEO

“We are associated with these companies since 2019 as they are very much concern about EPR Activity

Akshar Engineers is associated with more than 30 ULBs (Urban Local Bodies/Municipality/Municipal Corporations) all over the Gujarat with a team of 500+ Safai Senanis (rag pickers) who supports them in complete lifecycle of plastic waste management while the firm assures their health and safety and makes sure that they work under supervised hygiene conditions. "Along with the Gujarat Pollution Control Board and Central Pollution Control Board compliances, we provide best in class service to our clients and government bodies. We make sure to fulfill all the necessary rules and regulation are followed whether it is collection of waste from dumpsite, re-cycling of waste or selling of recycled granules, disposal of Non-Recyclable Plastic Waste in an environmentally sound ways", says Pravinbhai.

Akshar Engineers' credentials include Gujarat's leading FMCG(oil/ namkeen/dairy/tea/soap/tooth brush) companies who are the bulk consumers of plastic packing materials they are using tones of plastic in the packaging of their valuable products. "We are associated with these companies since 2019 as they are very much concern about EPR Activity. Some of the Plastic Packaging Producers are happily connected with us. This is all because of the service we offer to them in this Waste Management segment. We have taken all the responsibility for the collection, segregation, transport, recycle and disposal of the plastic waste spread by them in the market as a packaging materials", adds Pravinbhai.

Path Ahead
As long as the plastic will be in use, Akshar Engineers is here to work for the Plastic Waste Management. Till date, firm has been working at ground level. Now, it is stepping in to domes-tic plastic waste generating sectors like malls, hospitals, schools , hotels & plastic waste collection at Gujarat Coastal Line for the daily waste collection and disposal of the same. Talking about the revenue growth, it is directly proportional to the consumption of plastic in daily life.