IPLEX 2018 Plastics Expo from tomorrow

The ninth edition of IPLEX, an international plastics exposition, will begin here from tomorrow. Coming in the backdrop of some states banning plastic bags of less than 50 microns, organisers of the four-day event said bags alone were not plastics and ban was not the solution.

Over 350 exhibitors would take part in the expo which was expected to attract about 50,000 business visitors, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Plastics Manufacturers Association President Venu Gopal Jasti and IPLEX 2018 Advisory Committee Chairman Anil Reddy Vennam told reporters.

The event was being held for third time in the city, they said.

The use of plastics was on the rise and the industry would grow at 9 per cent this fiscal, they said.

The event provides a common platform for participants in the plastic industry- manufactures, dealers, buyers and end-users, they said.

"Plastics ban is not the solution. There is a need to change littering habits and segregation at source needs to be done and recycling and reusing has to be encouraged," Vennam said.