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What happens to your plastic after you drop it at a collection point?

You separate your waste, carry it to the neighbourhood drop-point and feel good about it. But where does it actually go? Follow the journey of a single PET bottle through SVF’s recovery chain.

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Rahul Verma

Communications Lead

28 May 20266 min read
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What happens to your plastic after you drop it at

You drop a plastic bottle into the blue bin at your neighbourhood collection point. The small act takes two seconds. What happens next takes weeks and involves dozens of hands, machines and decisions before that same bottle re-appears as a new one on a store shelf.

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Rahul Verma

Communications Lead

Rahul Verma is part of the SVF team working on the frontlines of plastic recovery and circular economy in Hyderabad.

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