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Plastic Waste Management
Plastic can be
recycled to
manufacture new products without adding to environmental pollution using a
technology that researchers at CQMS have developed. It is called the green
recycling process. The process eliminates air pollution altogether.
Sadhan K Ghosh, the
principal investigator
of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) funded research project on
‘plastic waste management - RRPPP’ and coordinator, CQMS, has shown that
purely recycling based process yielded a margin of 50 paise per kg to Rs 2
per kg of plastic granules made from waste plastics.
The three capacity sizes have been priced between Rs 3.70 lakh and Rs 6.2
lakh.
State governments
could act as facilitator
between entrepreneurs and banks for loans to fund the units installing
“'CQMSJU-PCTD (pollution control and treatment device) – GRPPWP” besides
helping in awareness creation. CQMS has already finalised two
manufacturers for commercial production of the machine.
The government of West Bengal is providing 50 per cent of the cost of 'CQMSJU-PCTD
(pollution control and treatment device) – GRPPWP MODULE II” as aid to
around 400 existing plastic recycling units under Kolkata Municipal Area (KMA).
The balance 75 per cent of the remaining amount may be available as loan
for three years from banks that includes Bank of India and United Bank of
India. Recycling units will be required to pay at the moment only Rs 9,600
and Rs 11,500 for module for different capacities that is originally
priced at Rs 63,000 and Rs 74,000 respectively, plus taxes.
Many industries have
already applied for
the same. Some units have installed the device. All the applicants were
issued NOC from the WBPCB within 10 days from the day of the application.
After installing the device they are being issued the “Consent to
operate”. This invention helped the units in getting the business
organized.
Several municipalities
have communicating with CQMS to develop a system for collection of waste
plastics, dumping, segregation, cleaning, extrusion etc. and other
associated activities by implementing the model developed at CQMS.
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