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Riding high on success of the pilot project to convert plastic waste into fuel, Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) is likely to come up with a larger facility on public-private partnership (PPP) mode.
IMC plans to bring up a plant to convert 50 tonne of plastic waste collected from households into 30,000 litres of fuel per day that can be used in industries and savouries manufacturing units.
At present, the pilot project is generating 3000 litres of fuel from 6 tonne of plastic waste. Fuel generated is fully utilized by manufacturers of namkeen, chips and savouries.
IMC waste management consultant Asad Warsi said, “The response was very
good and now we are coming up with a much larger facility that will help us in getting rid of most plastic waste and give fuel in return for industrial purpose.
A tender will be floated next week to invite bids from participants in PPP mode for setting up the plant at Devegurdia trenching ground. IMC will provide land and plastic waste to the participant who in turn
will have to pay a monthly rent to the civic body to produce furnace oil. The furnace oil will be further refined to get diesel, Warsi said.
At present, IMC is selling fuel at a cost of Rs 35 per litre to industries. IMC has already initiated talks with industries interested in purchasing fuel from the facility.
The corporation already has a set network of collecting waste from households. But, now, they are planning to further add to the network to collect maximum scrap plastic waste from the city.
The IMC may further incentivize collection of small plastic waste such as small pouches and wrappers that usually remains unattended. Warsi said, “This will be a win-win situation for both the corporation as well as partner of the plant. Fuel is such an item that always remains in high demand and Indore being an industrial hub requirement is anyway high.
| Updated on: 27 - May - 2019
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