Plastic consumption in India may reach 200 lakh tonnes by 2020

Plastic consumption in India likely to reach 200 lakh tonnes by the year 2020 due to growing use of different forms of the commodity.

"In 2013, the consumption of plastic in India was 120 lakh tonnes, which is expected to reach 200 lakh tonnes by 2020," said Subhash Chaturvedi, Madhya Pradesh Chairman of Plast India Foundation's National Promotion Committee. The consumption of plastic in different forms is increasing by an average of 10% every year, Chaturvedi added.

The Plast India 2015 Exhibition will be organised in Gandhinagar, Gujarat from February 5-10, in which nearly 2,000 representatives of plastic industry will participate and showcase their products.