Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), underlined the need to monetise the collection of waste materials, certify it before it goes into recycling and ensure that different parties in the value chain interact with one another to put the recycled material to the best possible use.

Vijay Kalra, CEO, Mahindra Vehicle Manufacturers Ltd., spelt out Mahindra's sustainability framework which aims at keeping products, components and materials at their highest utility and value at all times.

Vipul Shah, Chief Operating Officer, Petrochemicals, Reliance Industries Ltd., pointed out that in a consumption-led society, the end user and the intermediary businesses will drive the circular economy. The need of the hour was to re-imagine our economies as circular as opposed to linear and develop a construct that keeps resources for as long as possible and re-use products after their use.

Anirban Ghosh, Chair of the symposium and Chief Sustainability Officer, Mahindra & Mahindra and Dr. Ashok Menon, Global Technology Leader, Sustainability Analytics & Operations, Corporate Sustainability Division, SABIC Technology Centre, also shared their perspectives on the subject.

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