Aafrin Kidwai 
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The Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) in Thane district has applied to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), seeking its nod to implement a project to produce fuel from plastic waste. The civic body said the move comes after it successfully produced 85 liters of fuel from plastic waste on Tuesday as part of a trial.
The plastic waste-to-fuel trial project was carried out at Barave in Kalyan, the KDMC said. Under the project, one tonne of plastic can be processed in order to produce around 500 litres of fuel. ”This fuel can be used for oil boilers, and testing is underway to see if it can be used for vehicles also,” a civic official told PTI.
The KDMC is carrying out the project in association with Rudra Environmental Solutions, the statement said. Recently, the KDMC introduced a scheme of giving food coupons of chapati-vegetables to people on collection of 5 kg of plastic waste in a bid to encourage citizens towards proper disposal of plastic.
