Summary:
more-inA lasting solution for the problem of non-recyclable plastic waste in the city could be at hand if the Corporation’s plans for a tie-up with cement factories to process these waste materials work out. As per Central Pollution Control Board guidelines issued in 2017, cement factories are permitted to use such materials as fuel in furnaces. The co-processing facility could be set up at existing cement kilns by adding laboratories to check the calorific value of the waste produced. The performance evaluation of co-processing of plastic waste was carried out in ACC Limited’s plant in Madhya Pradesh. The high temperature inside the kilns permits such waste materials to be burned without harmful emissions..