ALOK’s new chromatography lab in Okhla

Vikram Bhadauria, director of ALOK Masterbatches. Photo PSA

Last year, Packaging South asia reported that ALOK made the get-go biodegradable film in Republic of india in collaboration with Us-based Willow Ridge Plastics. Some other projection with Willow Ridge entailed a technology for producing recycling multi-layer films. The set-to-utilise drop in biodegradable film production is closer to commercialization and is already in the beta testing phase in the US.

"Bluntly speaking, we are still coming out of a lazy Diwali plus Christmas suspension and things are still in the process of catching pace. For a showtime, we accept set upwardly a full-fledged chromatography lab. With this one can get down to the everyman ppm level of elemental identification and analysis," says Vikram Bhadauria, managing director of ALOK Masterbatches.

ALOK's new chromatography lab

The chromatography lab at ALOK'south ATIC in Okhla volition help in discovering toxins and trace metallic chemicals. The company already had the XRF equipment for detecting the presence of heavy metals. Heavy metallic is one part of the spectrum that makes upwards toxins and carcinogens. There are many other chemicals including dioxins and other pesticides that are capable of contaminating food and other products. With the new chromatography lab, the company at present has the entire broad spectrum chapters to detect these unwanted chemicals which was non possible with the earlier XRF machine. Chromatography helps identify non merely unknown chemicals, which may be good or bad for human consumption, only also a lot of bad chemicals that may go into a product accidentally if not intentionally. With the new testing capabilities, any class of nutrient packaging or food product can be scanned for the presence of toxins or pesticides in it.

"Physical infrastructure-wise this is what nosotros take recently added, while on the awarding front nosotros are nonetheless concentrating on biodegradability and recyclability. Even with 2 states banning plastics, I still feel the ban is a knee-jerk reaction as I had said in our earlier interaction as well. At the end of the mean solar day, plastics will remain the most sustainable choice for a country like Republic of india where the population is looking for affordable solutions. One cannot force the entire population to employ exotic materials such as forest or paper. They're skilful in urban environments merely for rural and semi-rural areas to brainstorm consuming these products is not viable.

"For example, right now if 1 thinks of plastic, it is just to think nearly the plastic pocketbook or a plastic straw. The poor harbinger has probably less than five% of pollutants capable of harming the surround but it has received the maximum flak. This clearly shows that we have some misguided priorities. These bans will come and it is the people'due south consumption behavior that pressurizes government bodies to enforce these bans," Bhadauria explains.

Re-new, Re-nex and Re-bail

ALOK is working on several new projects for recycling plastics, which cannot as all the same exist discussed meaningfully. At the aforementioned time information technology has developed three products for recycling plastics that are now being commercialized widely. These products are Re-new, Re-nex and Re-bail. Re-new is to increase the recycling properties of whatsoever recyclable material; Re-bond increases the strength of the recycled textile because typically the recycled product faces loss in mechanical properties; and the rebond product is used to upcycle the recycled plastic product.

Another issue with recycling is the aroma of the material. AMB has come up with a new production called Re-nex to eliminate the pungent odor that sometimes emanates from recycled products. Re-nex uses a pleasant fragrance to mask the unpleasant odor or a chemical neutralizer which can neutralize the olfactory property with the addition of some chemicals.

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