Dr Priyank Arya
M.Sc., Ph.D. (Environmental Science)
Founder, EHS Services
Founder & Vice President, WMARS
(Waste Management & Recycling Society)
Dr. Priyank Arya, an EHS-Sustainability Professional having +21 Year’s multi sectors industrial experience on CSR, Carbon Footprints, Statutory compliances, Industrial Safety, Industrial Waste Management & Zero Liquid Discharge. He has completed master’s & Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences with diploma in Industrial Safety. He was awarded as ‘50 Most Impactful EHS Professional’ of India in Y-2017.
During his 21 Years industrial professional carrier, was associated with Dabur India Ltd., Jubilant Life Sciences, DCM Sriram and few more corporates as Head EHS.
Presently he is Founder Director of EHS Services and advising on Environment Compliance, Waste Management, Plastic Waste Compliance, Ground Water Compliance, EHS Statutory & Legal Liaison, Industrial Safety, EHS Audits, EHS Training & Awareness & Providing skilled EHS workforce to the different institutions/corporates.
He served as committee member/advisor for MSMECCII, IIM Sirmaur-HP, MoEFCC, CPCB, SPCB’s, CII, FICCI, IBA, PACE, We-Care, PPWMS, UNDP, FSSAI and many more…
Currently in Waste Management & Recycling Society (WMARS), he is one of Founding Member and holding Vice President position.
Key Expertise
- EHS Management Philosophy successfully developed and implemented towards a sustainable
organization. - Expert on Green/Brown EHS-Sustainability Projects becoming zero discharge, zero emissions, and zero waste organization.
- Identify, Implement & Sustain 3R’s (Reuse, Reduce, Recycle) Environment Principles considering
industrial requirements. - In-depth experience in operating different types of effluent treatment plants (Aerobic, Anaerobic,
Sewage, Reverse Osmosis-Spiral/Plate type, MEE, Incinerator). - Established, implement & sustain 3M’ (Man-Material-Machine) Safety Principles considering JSA,
RCA, HAZOP, Work Permits, Daily violations, Training, Emergency Preparedness- On/Off-site,
Incident analysis, Drills – Fire/Mock, etc. - Expert to build and upgrade Industrial Safety Culture by achieving Zero Incidents, Occupational
health hazards, Identification of hazards, Unsafe acts, and unsafe conditions, and Implementation of
corrections & protection measures at the workplace.
Special Contribution on PWM/SWM Rules and EPR Compliances
- Dr. Arya has been working on SWM/PWM Rule 2016 since April 2016. According to him becoming plastic waste neutral is a great way to help stop plastic from entering the water bodies and littering in Environment.
- He had 4 years of groundwork experience only in Solid & Plastic Waste Management with Regulatory Bodies/ULBs/ Recyclers / Coprocessors / Ragpickers / Aggregators / Transporters / NGOs / WMA / Institutions / Audit Agencies on Solid & Plastic Waste Management and has been supporting young entrepreneurs who are dedicated to reducing plastic pollution.
- Dr Arya motivated different PIBOs (Producers, Importers & Brand Owners) to become plastic waste neutral including waste collection and recycling/end-of-life.
- He derived to conduct India’s 1st MLP Collection Drive (WeCare & EPR Connect) with the help of CPCB, SPCBs, ULB & multi-state Waste Management Agencies. These 2 pilot projects covered Punjab, Maharashtra, Delhi-NCR, U.P, Haryana, Uttarakhand & Ahmedabad along with CPCB, SPCB’s, and ULB’s with a collection of approx. 1500 MT of MLP.
- He was one of the committee members for framing National EPR Guidelines along with MoEFCC, CPCB, UNDP, WeCare, PACE, Recyclers & WMA/PRO’s.
- He led and supported to form of multiple industry consortiums as,
– WeCare (Waste Efficient Collection and Recycling Efforts Society) for Multilayer Plastic with a vision of bringing all PIBO to a common platform for recycling MLP duly supported by +35 PIBOs. https://wecareforenvironment.com/
– AARC (Action Alliance for Recycling Beverage Cartons) with a vision of double the collection and recycling of used paper cartons by 2025 duly supported by +15 Brands. https://aarc.org.in/
– PACE (PET Packaging Association for Clean Environment) is an industry body to promotes the benefits of PET packaging for a safe and clean environment duly supported by +25 PIBOs. http://www.paceindia.org.in/profile.html
- He is one of the brains behind instrumenting “PPWMS Society” (Punjab Plastic Waste Management Society) having + 50 PIBOs. He helped to lay the foundation of India’s first successful MLP-specific EPR Model since 2018 based on the Private Public Partnership (PPP) model with a theme “Swach Punjab – Swasth Punjab”. Presently PPWMS is targeting for +9000 MT of MLP waste collection.
- Did multiple representations on behalf of PIBO’s Consortiums (WeCare, AARC, PACE, PPWMS, CII, FICCI, IBA, AIPMA) to MoEFCC, CPCB, SPCB’s (UPPCB, HSPCB, BSPCB, KSPCB, J&KPCB, TNPCB, KSPCB, KPCB, HPPCB, UEPCB, A&N, etc.) & FSSAI for addressing multiple issues for implementing PWM Rule EPR compliances.
- Facilitate Brands to do MLP PWM EPR compliance from 450 MT to +1,50,000 MT.
- Framed ‘Must Have’ and ‘Good to Have’ PWM EPR Documents to meet PWM Rule 2016, 2018 & 2021 (Draft).
- He worked with different ULBs/SPCBs and created Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV) on the PPP Model (for example: PPWMS Society in Punjab) for the successful implementation of PWM Rule EPR compliances and many more are in the pipeline.
- Presently he is advising multi-state SPCBs, Waste Management Agencies, Plastic Waste Recyclers/Co-Processors, PIBO, and their associations on different issues related to PWM Rule 2016, amended 2018.
