At the heart of Dubai’s thriving sustainability ecosystem, Advance Plastic Chips Manufacturing LLC (APCM) has achieved an exceptional milestone. The company has been honored with the PolyNext Award 2025 in the category of Excellence in Plastic Recycling & Sustainability – Companies, and more specifically in the subcategory of Best Post-Consumer Plastic Recycling Initiative. Organized by Next Business Media, the PolyNext Awards were held in Dubai on October 1–2, 2025, celebrating groundbreaking innovations shaping the plastics, recycling, and sustainability sectors across the globe.
The award marks a defining moment not only for APCM but for the UAE’s growing circular economy movement. It recognizes the company’s pioneering efforts in transforming post-consumer plastic recycling through technological innovation, operational excellence, and a powerful vision for a sustainable future.
Championing Circular Economy through Innovation
Advance Plastic Chips Manufacturing LLC has become synonymous with sustainable innovation. By specializing in the recycling and repurposing of post-consumer plastic waste into high-grade PP, LDPE, and HDPE granules, APCM plays a key role in reducing plastic pollution and advancing environmental responsibility within the Gulf region.
The company’s recycling processes integrate state-of-the-art technologies that maximize material recovery while ensuring top-quality output suitable for industries such as construction, automotive, furniture, and retail. Unlike many conventional recyclers, APCM has engineered systems that not only process waste efficiently but also minimize energy and water usage — an achievement that reflects deep commitment to the global protocols on environmental management.
This technical excellence is backed by a business philosophy founded on transparency, traceability, and inclusion. Every batch of recycled material is subjected to stringent quality controls, ensuring consistency and compliance with international standards including ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 9001, and the Global Recycle Standard (GRS). These achievements affirm APCM’s credibility as one of the UAE’s most trusted names in sustainable plastics manufacturing.
The Visionary Behind the Success: Priyanka Jha
At the core of APCM’s success stands Priyanka Jha , the company’s dynamic Chief Executive Officer. With over 12 years of cross-industry experience spanning banking, finance, and the plastics sector, she has brought a rare blend of analytical acumen and strategic foresight to her leadership role.
A Science graduate with an MBA in Finance & Marketing from the Regional College of Management (2011) and an Executive Management alumnus of IIM Indore (2024), Priyanka embodies the intersection of business intelligence and sustainability-driven purpose. Her journey from financial strategist to sustainability visionary demonstrates how leadership rooted in innovation and responsibility can redefine an entire industry.
Under her stewardship, Advance Plastic Chips Manufacturing LLC has evolved from a promising startup into a benchmark enterprise in sustainable manufacturing. Priyanka’s leadership style prioritizes collaboration, inclusivity, and purpose-driven growth—values that resonate through every facet of APCM’s operations.
Reimagining Plastic as a Resource, Not Waste
Priyanka Jha’s philosophy is simple yet transformative: plastic, when managed responsibly, is not a waste product but a valuable resource. This vision drives APCM’s commitment to a full life-cycle approach to plastic management—an approach that encourages reduction, reuse, recycling, and responsible recovery.
Her advocacy extends beyond production floors to community initiatives and industry collaborations that encourage responsible consumption and waste segregation. These initiatives are critical to building awareness around the benefits of recycling and the possibilities of circular supply chains. By emphasizing post-consumer recycling, APCM is bridging the gap between environmental necessity and industrial innovation.
In her words, the company’s mission is to “turn challenges into opportunities, waste into wealth, and plastic into possibility.” This guiding principle forms the bedrock of all of APCM’s projects, from developing cutting-edge recycling methodologies to partnering with industrial clients committed to lowering their carbon footprint.
Sustainable Practices Driving Measurable Impact
Sustainability at APCM is not a branding statement; it is a measurable discipline. Over the past few years, the company has implemented eco-friendly and energy-efficient recycling processes, significantly reducing operational emissions. By incorporating circular design principles, APCM ensures that plastic waste is continuously valorized, not discarded.
Some of the company’s landmark practices and milestones include:
- Implementation of Closed-Loop Systems: APCM’s recycling plants are engineered for zero-waste discharge, ensuring that materials, water, and energy are reused efficiently.
- Strategic Industry Collaborations: Partnerships with global manufacturers and technology innovators have accelerated research into high-quality recycled polymers that compete with virgin resins.
- Certifications and Compliance: The company’s certification portfolio, including ISO and GRS, validates its compliance with international standards in environmental management, quality assurance, and occupational safety.
- Carbon Emission Certification: Recognition for efforts to track, reduce, and offset carbon emissions, reinforcing APCM’s credibility as a responsible corporate citizen.
- Ecolabel Approval: Acknowledgment that the company’s recycled products meet stringent ecological criteria and contribute to safer consumer and industrial applications.
Each of these initiatives contributes to greater material circularity and helps reduce the UAE’s dependency on virgin plastic imports—a strategic win for local manufacturing and national sustainability goals.
Leadership Rooted in Collaboration and Vision
Priyanka Jha’s leadership represents a new generation of corporate stewardship in sustainability. Her emphasis on team management, negotiation craftsmanship, and policy compliance has fostered a culture of empowerment within APCM. Employees are encouraged to innovate, experiment, and propose solutions that drive both operational efficiency and environmental impact.
Equally impressive is her focus on corporate governance and investor relations. By aligning business growth with ethical management and transparent communication, she has built trust with suppliers, customers, and investors. As a result, APCM stands as a model of organizational maturity — agile enough to innovate but grounded enough to remain credible.
Priyanka’s advocacy extends beyond her own company. She actively participates in industry panels, governmental dialogues, and CSR platforms advancing public understanding of plastic waste solutions. Her insights often highlight the potential of circular economy frameworks to merge profitability with environmental integrity.
Aligning with UAE’s Sustainability Vision
The UAE has positioned itself as a hub for sustainable transformation, and APCM’s journey aligns seamlessly with national strategies such as the UAE Circular Economy Policy 2021–2031 and the UAE Net Zero by 2050 Initiative. By leveraging innovation and local expertise, APCM contributes directly to these objectives, paving the way for a greener, more resource-efficient economy.
Dubai’s strategic focus on encouraging private–public collaboration in sustainability has made initiatives like APCM’s even more impactful. Through cooperation with regulatory bodies, waste management authorities, and industrial partners, the company continues to amplify its contribution to the country’s broader environmental goals.
Future-Ready Growth and Investment Opportunities
Having built a strong foundation of operational excellence, APCM is now poised for the next phase of expansion. The company’s roadmap includes scaling production capacity, exploring new R&D partnerships, and developing advanced polymer formulations tailored to future industry demands.
To achieve these objectives, APCM welcomes strategic investors and financial partners who share its long-term vision for environmental impact and sustainable profitability. The business case is compelling: a rapidly growing demand for recycled materials, increasing regulatory support for sustainability compliance, and a proven operational model capable of delivering both economic and ecological returns.
In the near term, APCM aims to increase its processing capacity for post-consumer waste, enhance automation at its facilities, and develop regionally focused training programs that encourage young talent to enter the green manufacturing sector. Priyanka Jha envisions the company as a knowledge-sharing platform and a center of excellence for the Gulf recycling industry.
Celebrating the PolyNext Recognition
Winning the PolyNext Award cements APCM’s position as a regional leader in post-consumer plastic recycling. This recognition validates years of research, discipline, and persistence by the company’s leadership and skilled workforce. It also places APCM on the global map as a model enterprise supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to responsible consumption, climate action, and industry innovation.
The award ceremony, hosted at the Dubai International Conference Centre, brought together business leaders, industry experts, and policymakers from across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. The event emphasized the importance of cross-sector collaboration to drive innovation in sustainable plastics. Among the evening’s highlights was the recognition of companies like APCM that are changing the narrative of plastic from a pollutant into a resource.
As Priyanka accepted the award on behalf of her team, she credited the “collective resilience, creativity, and responsibility” of her employees and partners. Her acceptance underscored the view that sustainability is not an endpoint but a continuous journey.
Shaping a Sustainable Tomorrow
Advance Plastic Chips Manufacturing LLC stands as a testament to what visionary leadership can achieve when purpose aligns with performance. Under Priyanka Jha’s guidance, the company continues to challenge industry conventions while offering clients eco-efficient solutions that meet their operational and environmental goals.
The recognition from PolyNext Awards 2025 is more than a trophy—it is a call to action. It signifies the dawn of a new era in the plastic recycling industry, where technology, responsibility, and innovation converge to redefine how we value materials.
With its proven models, certified operations, and passionate leadership, APCM is well-positioned to shape the future of sustainability in the Middle East and beyond. The journey of transforming waste into opportunity has just begun, and the world is watching.
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