The NGO, Clean Coonoor, has tied up with Marico Innovation Foundation, Dalmia Bharat Cements Limited and Marico Limited to process zero-value plastics along with other combustible waste such as textiles.
In a press release, Samantha Iyanna, Managing Trustee of Clean Coonoor, said, “Perhaps the greatest challenge faced in Solid Waste Management nowadays is the safe disposal of what is called as zero-value plastics or non-saleable plastics. This article of waste comprises chiefly of multilayer and other forms of plastic packaging, and accounts for nearly 80% of plastics waste and nearly 25% of all forms of day-to-day refuse picked up by Urban Local Bodies,” she said.
This commodity could be safely disposed of only through co-processing as fuel in cement kilns at very high temperatures. It also accounted for most of the pileups seen in the waste management facilities, particularly in hill towns with little access to cement manufacturing units, added P.J. Vasanthan, Trustee, Clean Coonoor.
