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Big recycling plants are struggling to find enough clean bottles. This is a big shift for sellers, who can earn more for quality, and buyers, whose costs are rising.
The government's 'Viksit Bharat' plan isn't just high-level talk. It's a direct demand signal for decades of growth in the scrap industry, backed by hard targets and new policies.
Itanagar has banned plastic bags under 120 microns. If you deal in low-grade plastic, this new rule could make your stock worthless overnight.
A floor under e-waste EPR certificates changes recycler economics in ways that reward capacity commitments made before notification, not after.
Documentation and traceability requirements are becoming the real barrier to entry in lithium-ion recovery, not processing technology.