RIL's Used PET Bottle RVM Inaugurated

Mr. Aaditya Thackeray, Shiv Sena leader and an environment enthusiast, inaugurated a post-consumer (used) PET bottle Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) set up by Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) at Sahakari Bhandar store, Prabhadevi, near Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai.

RIL, one of the largest recycler of used PET bottles in India, has started this initiative to keep the city and country clean, restricting the PET bottles from going into landfills.

RIL has firmed up plans to install more such machines at 12 different Reliance Retail’s, Reliance SMART and Sahakari Bhandar stores in Mumbai before The World Environment Day on June 5, 2018. To encourage people to return empty PET bottles, these machines will be equipped to dispense discount coupons when a person puts in PET bottle for shredding.

RIL will collect the shredded PET bottles and send it to its PET recycling facilities at Barabanki, UP and Hoshiarpur, Punjab, where they are converted to polyester fibre.

RIL is one of the largest recyclers of PET bottles in India, recycling 2.2-bn PET bottles a year. Its ‘R|Elan GreenGold’ fabric, which is made from recycled PET, substantially reduces the emission of greenhouse gases, and cuts down on water usage as well. The fabric is made from pre-dyed fibres that do not require much water, and whatever little water is required, 90% of it is recycled.