P.P/ H.D.P.E. Woven Sacks
The Best Solution for
Packaging of Foodgrains and Sugar
These sacks are economically
affordable, socially acceptable,
environmentally effective and friendly
to human health, including health of
workers engaged in manufacture of
sacks as well as those engaged in
manual loading/transportation of
commodities packed, as these sacks
comply with I.L.O. norms of 50kgs or
less packing.
The Indian P.P./H.D.P.E. woven
sack industry is relatively a new
comer, having its birth in 1980’s
as a necessity to meet the packaging
requirement of bulk commodities like
foodgrains, cement, sugar, fertilizer,
salt and other commodities. The use of
P.P./H.D.P.E Woven Sacks in packaging
of these commodities adheres to the
basic tenets of sustainable development.
These sacks are economically af- fordable, socially acceptable, environmentally
effective and friendly to human
health including health of workers
engaged in manufacture of sacks
as well workers engaged in manual
loading/transportation of commodities
packed as these sacks comply with
I.L.O. norms of 50kgs. or less packing.
The P.P. /H.D.P.E. woven sacks
undoubtedly are the best packaging
option worldwide for packing
foodgrains and sugar and an all out
effort is being made to educate all
policy makers to maximize its usage,
by all stakeholders. The P.P./H.D.P.E.
woven sacks manufactured as per relevant
B.I.S. specifications, have successfully
met the Users’ / Consumers’
expectations of better strength, easier
handling, light weight, more aesthetic
and safer from the point of view of
hygiene, in addition to the foregoing
requirements of being environment and
human health friendly.
Today, the Indian Raffia Industry
is one of the best in the world and is fully equipped to meet the packaging
requirements of the country’s produce
of foodgrains and sugar (domestic
consumption as well as exports) besides
other commodities. India is No.
2 globally in the production of
foodgrains after China and also No. 2
in the production of sugar, after Brazil.
It is the mission of A.I.F.T.M.A.
the National Association of India’s
P.P./H.D.P.E Woven Sack Industry,
serving the nation since 1971, to make
India No.1 in production and export
of P.P. /H.D.P.E. products in the world
with the support from the Govt. of India
and all stakeholders.
The industry presently spread all
over the country with about 800 active
units having an investment of
about Rs.5,000 crores and an installed
capacity to process about 7 Lac M.T. of
raw material (quality raw material is
adequately available indigenously
from R.I.L./ I.P.C.L./ G.A.I.L./ H.P.L.).The present utilisation capacity will increase
substantially once the Govt. withdraws
100% jute monopoly in packing
of foodgrains and sugar for domestic
use. Exports of foodgrains and sugar
from India have largely been in P.P.
woven sacks only. The industry provides
substantial employment to lakhs
of families besides contributing handsomely
to the exchequer by way of taxes
/duties.
Based on several studies and trials
from various institutes of repute
both nationally and internationally
and after careful consideration of the
large scale production of foodgrains
and sugar in our country, their handling
techniques, transportation requirements,
the packaging pattern,
impact on environment and human
health in the Indian context, it is concluded
that P.P./H.D.P.E. woven
sacks are the most suitable packaging
option. The Life Cycle Analysis
(L.C.A.) of P.P./H.D.P.E. woven
Sacks vis-à-vis Jute / Paper Sacks in
terms of Environmental Studies by
I.I.T. (Delhi) recommends the following
measures for bulk packaging in
India consistent with the Environment
and Human health requirements.
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