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The Candidate GCRF Plastics In Society Research & Innovation Hub

India Workshop: 28 – 29 March 2018

Hosted by The Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore

WORKSHOP SUMMARY

Wednesday 28th March to Thursday 29th March

Our Vision

Plastics in a Sustainable Society

Providing Nourishment and Protection of the Environment,

Good Health and Wellbeing for People & Communities, & Sustainable Production and Consumption of Plastic

1.0 Purpose of the Workshop The purpose of the workshop was to bring together partners and stakeholders from India and the UK to consolidate the India part of the Candidate GCRF Plastics In Society Hub project goals, deliverables and demonstrators. The partners and stakeholders include: partners from the UK, academics from IISc Bangalore, IIT Madras, IIT Guwahati, and Jadavpur University, Chest Research Foundation, Pune, Mangalore University and others; action partners from Mumbai, Mangalore and other areas; other possible industrial partners, policy makers and NGOs. 2.0 Workshop Attendees There were over 50 active participants at this workshop over the 2 days. At least another 20 partners and takeholders were invited and interested but could not attend due to diary challenges. The attendee list is included as Appendix 1 to this report and a scan of the signed attendee list will be used as supporting evidence of wide partner and stakeholder engagement. 3.0 Workshop Overview and Presentations The workshop was officially opened by Professor Amaresh Chakrabarti, who welcomed the guests and new partners to the Centre for Product Design and Management at IISc. Professor Susan Jobling thanked Professor Chakrabarti for hosting the event and bringing together the workshop participants. Professor Jobling then introduced the candidate GCRF Plastics In Society Research & Innovation Hub to all attendees. Professor Jobling thanked all partners for their support with the GCRF bid at the outline stage and announced that the proposal had been shortlisted amongst the last 52 proposals asking for funding. The team are now tasked with detailing our research and innovation programme with local stakeholders from multiple sectors and countries, and with gathering further leveraged support for our activities before we submit the final more detailed proposal in May. She highlighted that the hard work needed to continue and with greater intensity than before in order to submit a high quality bid on time. The GCRF Plastics In Society Candidate Hub has a mission to:

Understand and solve the current environmental sustainability challenge of Plastics In Society.

Professor Jobling’s presentation is available for review and download online here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HrmsIJ_TWldvt1Oq4rsW7AJMrDQpsIAc/view?usp=sharing

3.1 British Deputy High Commission Chennai The British Deputy High Commission, Chennai, is the United Kingdom’s diplomatic mission with responsibility for southern India, namely, the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. James Godber from the High Commission shared his perspective on the challenges of Plastics In Society and was encouraged by the Hub proposal and the increasing collaboration between the UK and India on the issue. Mr Godber highlighted the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government summit in London and noted that a ‘Commonwealth Clean Oceans Alliance’ would be launched with a particular focus on plastic pollution. Mr Godber responded to questions on the UK’s increasing efforts to respond to the plastics challenges and assured the participants that he would be briefing his colleagues on the Hub initiative.

Mr James Godber, British Deputy High Commission 3.2 Industry, NGO and Stakeholder presentations As demonstrated by the attendee list, there was a range of industry, non-governmental (NGO) and community support organisations (CSO) joining the partner academics at this workshop. This is seen as critical for our GCRF Plastics In Society Hub to ensure that the research leads to real change in industrial practice, government policy and consumer behaviour. These stakeholders are also key in building local capacity and capability, and most importantly, delivering impact. Each stakeholder presented on their current work to illustrate the capabilities they could bring to the GCRF Plastics In Society Hub. These presentations included:

• Saurabh Gupta from Earth 5R and their Mumbai based Green Citizens Project http://earth5r.org

• Mr Murthy from ITC, who presented on their CSR initiative ‘Wellbeing Out of Waste (WOW)’ http://www.itcpspd.com/Wellbeing_out_of_Waste.aspx

• Gayitri Handanahal from Waste Impact, who presented on their Hackathon’s to ‘Reimagine Waste’ http://www.reimaginewaste.in

• Mr Nazeer from the Canara Plastic Manufacturers and Traders Association, https://www.facebook.com/CANARAPLAST/

• Samiran Mahapatra from Hindustan Unilever (R&D) who described their interest and support for the challenges being discussed. A relevant Hindustan Unilever project can be found at https://www.hul.co.in/Images/suvidha_hygiene_centre_tcm1255-495963_en.pdf

• Prem K Mony from the St John’s Medical College & research Institute, Bangalore, who presented on their research and capabilities. This included a bio-repository of specimens. http://www.sjri.res.in

Mr Afsar Ahmed from ITC

3.3 Work Package Presentations The current plans for each work package were presented to partners and stakeholders so that they had a clear understanding of what each was trying to achieve and were able to fully engage with the co-creation activities.

Professor Frank Kelly, Kings College London. The Work Package titles and leads are provided in the following table,

WP Title UK WP Lead 1 Establishing robust approaches to understand and monitor

sources, distribution and fate of plastic, waste generation and littering.

Professor Richard Thompson

2 Understanding the environmental, social, economic and health and wellbeing consequences of plastic contamination in the Indian Ocean and mitigation strategies.

Professor Tamara Gallaway and Professor Mel Austen

3 Monitoring of atmospheric microplastics and their human health risks

Professor Frank Kelly and Dr Stephanie Wright

4 Identifying the social and behavioural changes needed to facilitate circular economies and explore strategies to elicit attitude change

Dr Sabine Pahl

5 Designing and testing interventions to prevent leakage, reduce consumption of single-use plastic and decouple plastics from fossil feedstocks and non-biodegradable materials

Dr Fabrizio Ceschin

6 Unlock potential for sustainable consumption and production of plastic by system redesign and innovation.

Professor Peter Hopkinson

The work package presentations are available to download from the following link. Please note as a number of these presentations have narration recorded with the slides, they must be downloaded to hear the audio. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pxBuuXDgdqUttP4acxKX9uIHAT9woHTT

3.4 India Academic Partner Presentations On day two of the workshop the India Academic partners presented on their capabilities and their interests with respect to the GCRF Plastics In Society Hub proposals. Given the systemic nature of the challenge a significant breadth of academic discipline was demonstrated by the partners at the workshop. The UK partners who weren’t able to attend the workshop joined this session by skype so that they could engage with the presentations and ask questions. The following partners presented:

• Pankaj Upadhyay, IIT Guwahati • Ranjani Balasubramanin, Shristi Institute of Art, design and Technology • Siva Umapathy, IISc Bangalore • Lakshminayarana Rao, IISc Bangalore • Praveen Ramammurthy, IISc Bangalore • Monto Mani, IISc Bangalore • Manish Arora, IISc Bangalore • HN Chanakya, IISc Bangalore • Susy Varughese, IIT Madras • Sreeram Kalpathy, IIT Madras • Dr Arabinda Mitra, Head of International Cooperation, Department of Science and

Technology, India • Indumathi Nambi, IIT Madras • K Jayappa, National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, Mangalore University • Kripa Vasant, Central Marine Fisheries Institute, Kochi • Joyashree Roy, Jadavpur University • Sneha Limaye, Chest Research Foundation • Dr Mugilarasan, National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Chennai

Where the above presenters have agreed, their slides will be uploaded to a shared folder for access by GCRF Plastics In Society Candidate Hub partners. This link will be shared separately with workshop participants.

4.0 Group Working Following the vast amount of information sharing in the workshop, participants were then given the opportunity to co-create proposals for the India elements of each of the Hub’s work packages. This unique interaction which was both national and international, multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary led to some excellent discussions about how the systemic challenges of Plastics In Society could be addressed. The groups captured the key points from their discussions which were then presented back to all participants. The slides or flipcharts from this session will again be uploaded to a shared folder for access by GCRF Plastics In Society Candidate Hub partners. This link will be shared separately with workshop participants.

5.0 Potential Demonstrator Sites for the Hub The GCRF Plastics In Society Candidate Hub is being designed to address the challenges at the Indian Ocean scale. As such it will be essential to have demonstrator sites which represent a range of geographies, cultures, demographies etc. The total number of potential demonstrator sites has not yet been decided and will, in part, be dictated by the funds available. The sites could be common between work packages or in some cases discrete to a specific work package. A number of criteria were discussed which are being used to select the right demonstrator sites for the Hub. The combination of the selected locations should provide:

• A variety of human settlements: o Human settlement density: o City (high density human settlement) o Rural town (low density human settlement)

• Geographical/environmental characteristics: o River o Coastal o Urban o (Small) Island

• Tourism: o Touristic place

o Non touristic place • Socio-economic conditions:

o Low-, middle- and high-income people So for instance our demonstration sites could be:

1. An Island 2. Coastal city 3. Coastal town 4. Inland city/town 5. River city/town

In each of these location, it will be possible to find different socio-economic conditions. Some of these location should also have a seasonal tourist flow. The India partners highlighted both inland and coastal locations where existing projects or data sets would compliment the ambition of the Hub. Follow-on discussions with work package leads will take place to firm up the selection of demonstration sites in India. 6.0 Workshop Outcomes and Recommendations The workshop provided the opportunity to test the progress on the Hub's thinking with a breadth of partners and to connect with a wider range of experts on work packages e.g. human health impacts of Plastics In Society. The workshop also helped co-design the work packages in more detail and has identified a range of activities and projects which can be linked. Aspects specific to the work packages are included in 6.1 to 6.6 below. 6.1 WP1 Establishing robust approaches to understand and monitor sources,

distribution and fate of plastic, waste generation and littering. Mangalore University, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) and IITM showed a strong interest in delivering this work package in India. Further detailed discussions will take place with Professor Richard Thompson, WP lead. 6.2 WP2 Understanding the environmental, social, economic and health and

wellbeing consequences of plastic contamination in the Indian Ocean and mitigation strategies.

The National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Chennai, and the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi were already carrying out research activity which would contribute to this work package. They would be able to provide access to existing data (including coral transects) and access top monitoring / survey vessels. There is also a strong interest from IISc (Chanakya, Lakshminarayana Rao) in being part opf WP2. Further detailed discussions will take place with Professors Tamara Gallaway and Mel Austen, WP leads. 6.3 WP3 Monitoring of atmospheric microplastics and their human health risks. Collaborative agreement was reached with Prof Sundeep Salvi and Dr Sneha Limaye, Chest Research Foundation, Pune to:

• establish an ambient microplastics monitoring programme in Pune. • personal monitoring will be investigated in collaboration with PAQS (www.paqs.biz)

• generation of microplastic aerosols (particles and gases) will be undertaken with Technogreen (www.technogreen.co.in)

Collaborative agreement was reached with Prof S Umapathy to:

• further develop Raman spectrophy approaches for the identification and analysis of ambient samples of microplastics.

• Undertake ambient microplastics monitoring programme in Bangalore Dr Prem Mony was identified as the possible health study coordinator in Bangalore Study populations discussed included (a) Waste pickers, (b) residents near landfill sites. 6.4 WP4 Identifying the social and behavioural changes needed to facilitate

circular economies and explore strategies to elicit attitude change IISc and IITM are keen to lead the research in India working closely with the Waste Impact Trust and Earth5R (NGOs / CSOs). Detailed proposals are being developed in collaboration with Dr Sabine Pahl, WP lead. 6.5 WP5 Designing and testing interventions to prevent leakage, reduce

consumption of single-use plastic and decouple plastics from fossil feedstocks and non-biodegradable materials

IISc, IITG, IITM and Shristi all have a strong interest in delivering activities as part of this work package. Professor Ranjani Balasubramanin would be keen to provide management and support for the Living Labs in India. Candidate Living Lab sites could be in Mangalore (coastal) and Guwahati (northern inland) to link with the Bramhaputra river. The group discussion created the following schematic to illustrate Institute interactions and responsibilities;

6.6 WP6 Unlock potential for sustainable consumption and production of plastic by system redesign and innovation.

IISc and Jadavpur University will be liaising closely with Professor Peter Hopkinson to further develop plans for WP6. There are a number of examples of where system change has been attempted in India which will provide learning, e.g. move to organic farming and solid waste management. 7.0 Next Steps and Actions The workshop attendees were clear that they needed to continue and increase their engagement with the UK WP leads. The workshop attendees were informed of the timeline for finalising the GCRF Hub bid. The key timeline is as follows, but this should be seen as a guide only; 1st - 13th April Ongoing WP discussions and planning with UK leads, and with Professor Amaresh Chakrabarti as India Hub lead. By the end of this window all research Co-Investigators should have provided 2 page CVs and letters of support from their Institution / organisation Project Partner Letters of Support (these are non academic project partners) are also needed within this timeframe. These should: a. confirm their rationale for support for the programme and describe how they have been involved in the preparation of the proposal (e.g. contribution to the co-design and co-creation workshop we held in Indonesia and any subsequent activity) b. confirm any contribution of cash and in-kind support (e.g. time or money or facilities and monetary value ) c. show an outline of their intended involvement during the lifetime of the programme d. Be dated and on headed paper, making clear the role of the signatory in the stakeholder organisation 14th April – 27th April Final discussions on work packages with WP leads so that resources and timelines are agreed. Justification of Resources for each institution should be finalised. Bid writing is now underway. Final checks of all letters of support and relevant due diligence activities. 28th April – 8th May Finalisation of bid and ready for sign off. 24th May Bid submission deadline Additional action: A map of the institutions involved and the locations of existing projects or planned demonstrator sites in India would be useful for all partners to refer to.

Appendix 1: Attendee List

Name Organisation Signature Indumathi Nambi IIT Madras Sreeram IIT Madras Shiva Nagendra IIT Madras Susy Varughese IIT Madras K Sivagami IIT Madras Ramya Selvaraj IIT Madras Divyapriya Govindaraj IIT Madras K Jayappa

National Inst. of Technology Karnataka, Mangalore Univ.

Vipin J Markose National Inst. of Technology Karnataka, Mangalore Univ.

Joyashree Roy Jadavpur University Sharmistha Banerjee IIT Guwahati Pankaj Upadhyay IIT Guwahati HN Chanakya IISc Bangalore Lakshminarayana Rao IISc Bangalore Praveen Ramamurthy IISc Bangalore S. Umapathy IISc Bangalore Monto Mani IISc Bangalore Amaresh Chakrabarti IISc Bangalore Manish Arora IISc Bangalore Sneha Limaye Chest Research Foundation

(Near Mumbai)

Prem K. Mony St John's Medical College & Research Institute, Bangalore

Kripa Vasant

Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi

Kaladharan

Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi

Mugilarasan

National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Chennai

H. Lakshmikantha Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, Mangaluru

James Godber British Dy. High Commission Susan Jobling Brunel University London Frank Kelly Kings College London Hilary Lynch Brunel University London Ant Parsons ICE blue Saurabh Gupta Green Citizens, Mumbai Samiran Mahapatra Hindustan Unilever Babita Baruwati Hindustan Unilever Ranjani Balasubramanin Srishti Institute of Art, Design

and Technology

Shekar Prabhakar Hasiru Dala Innovations

Gayitri Waste Impact Afsarahmed ITC

(http://www.itcportal.com)

Mr B A Nazeer Canara Plastic Manufacturers & Traders Assoc., Mangaluru

Mr B A Iqbal Canara Plastic Manufacturers & Traders Assoc., Mangaluru

Sunil Kumar British Dy. High Commission Anshuman IISc Bangalore Nidhi IISc Bangalore Ishaan IISc Bangalore Tarun Kumar IISc Bangalore Dr Saravanan IISc Bangalore Nishath IISc Bangalore Yogananda IISc Bangalore Rekha IISc Bangalore Ravindra IISc Bangalore Vinodh IISc Bangalore Purushottam IISc Bangalore Srikanth ITC WOW

(http://www.itcportal.com)

Pramod ITC WOW (http://www.itcportal.com)

Praveen Uchil IISc Bangalore

Appendix 2: Workshop Agenda Day 1 (Wed 28 March 2018)

• 1200-1300: Registration and informal, one on one interactions • 1300-1430: Lunch • 1430-1600: Inaugural session

o Overview of the Whole Project: Susan Jobling o Government of Karnataka (GoK) perspective: Dr Lakshminarayana o British Deputy High Commission Perspective: Mr James Godber o Overview of the Workshop: Amaresh Chakrabarti

• 1600-1630: Tea • 1630-1800: Presentation from Non-academic stakeholders on their capability/current work

o Mumbai Initiative (Saurabh, Yogesh) o Industry representatives (Trash collection, packaging, waste management industries) o NGOs (e.g. Waste Impact on empowering garbage collectors)

• 1800-1930: Overview Presentations from Dr Jobling, Kelly and Wright on 3 work packages • 1930-2030: Dinner • 2030-2200: Overview Presentations from

o Three UK Academic Partners on the remaining 3 work packages (via Skype)

Day 2 (29 March 2018)

• 1000-1030: Tea • 1030-1300: Indian Academics present on capability/work plan (UK partners join via skype)

o IISc, IITG, IITM, Mangalore, Jadavpur, CMFRI, CRF, NCSCM, NIO, Sristi • 1300-1400: Lunch • 1400-1500: Contd. Indian Academics present on capability/work plan (UK partners join via skype)

o IISc, IITG, IITM, Mangalore, Jadavpur, CMFRI, CRF, NCSCM, NIO, Sristi • 1500-1630: Breakout sessions

o Breakout on stakeholder roles in Each work package • 1630-1700 Tea • 1700-1830: Presentation from breakout groups and consolidation (UK partners join via skype)

o WP1-6 • 1830-2000: Discussion on demonstrator sites and overall plan • 2000-2030: Finalisation and Valedictory

o Overview of Outcomes and next steps o Vote of thanks

• 2030-2130: Dinner

Intended Outcomes • A consolidated plan for India part of the proposal • A detailed understanding of the responsibilities and interactions among the stakeholders in India

and the UK • An identification of the demonstrator sites in India