Media Release

Mangaluru, Oct 1: The faculty members, alumni and students from the department of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering of St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), here, were invited and given a chance to display their recycling projects at the tenth edition of 'International Plastics Exposition 2019' (IPLEX 2019) held at Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), from August 23 to 25.

The following projects were exhibited during the event:

1. Development of waste plastic lumber and bricks using Commingled (mixed) waste plastics and single-use waste plastics
2. Development of low-cost building materials using composite made from demolished building material (DBM) waste and waste plastic

The exhibits drew a very good response from the audience that included participants from government, industry, investors, general public and foreign delegates from Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Canada, Germany etc who very much appreciated and commended the efforts of the college in developing the systems in upcycling waste plastics.

Noel D Shiri, assistant professor- Mechanical Engineering, along with alumni of Mechanical Engineering, Darryl D’Souza and Keegan Dion Santhmayor and current students namely Mohammed Sinan and Grenvil Noronha participated in the exhibition. From the department of Civil Engineering, Prashant Kurdekar, assistant professor and alumni VishikhaKeshav were also present.

Important delegates who visited SJEC stall included D V Sadananda Gowda, Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizer, Government of India, convenors and organizers of IPLEX 2019, KSPA president, Vijaya Kumar and KASSIA president, R Raju among others.