"Till date nothing has proven to be a truly effective or environmentally responsible solution to the burgeoning global landfill problem. In fact, many existing solutions have been just the opposite: costly, energy inefficient or equally as harmful to the environment as the plastic itself. " "In the current scenario, plastic waste disposal is a 'cost centre'. The development of a useful technology can lead to the setting up of a commercial plant that can convert waste plastic management into a 'profit centre'," says an IOC source. The five-tonne-per-day pilot plant will be set up to implement product quality, study the effects of feed variation, establish possible outlets for the output, optimise process conditions and generate reliable design data for using municipal waste. "It is not an alternative commercial source for fuel but a proposition to address the emerging concern about utilising waste plastic and keeping the environment clean," says the official. Video:ONlinekhabar
