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For tackling plastic waste, pyrolysis plant to be set up by Chennai Corporation
Posted on: 22/Apr/2019 9:59:20 AM
Managing the plastic waste and producing fuel from the plastic waste is very important. The latest news is corporation of Chennai has been planning to set up pyrolysis plant for the above mentioned purposes.
Many shredding units are present in the zonal offices. The civic body is presently involved in sending segregated plastic waste and banned plastic carry bags to these shredding units. There are few private companies that are involved in the pyrolysis process is known. The point is from the shredding units the plastic wastes are then sent to these pyrolysis plants of the private companies in Chennai. For road laying works, major portion of the plastic wastes are sent to contractors.
As per Mr. G. Prakash, commissioner of the corporation, civic body has got plans to set up plant under the public private partnership model. He said that this plan was in the discussion stage. He hinted about the Chengalpet municipality that had set up similar plants and how similar pyrolysis plants in Chennai could provide long term solution in managing the plastic wastes.
In the past certain plants set up by the companies in places like Sriperumbudur, Alandur etc ran in low capacity. This was due to the fact that these plants were not able to get enough segregated plastic from the local bodies. It is important to mention here that most of the plants were of the capacity of 20 tonnes but got just 3 tonnes of plastic wastes.
According to an official belonging to the solid waste management department it is now clear that GCC produces about 500 tonnes of plastic waste every day. The important point to be noted is GCC had seized 200 tonnes of banned plastic products ever since the ban of the plastics started from 1st January 2019.
The official finally highlighted about how their department had associated with the pyrolysis plants and how huge portion of the plastic waste was sent to these plants. It is worth mentioning that IIT Madras, one of the premier educational institutes in India, had also come out with a mobile plant that could help in the processing of waste.
It is known fact that by pyrolysis it is possible to break the organic compounds present in the plastic and convert them into fuel under the extremely high temperatures and absence of oxygen. In 2016, solid and plastic waste management rules were framed by the central government and this pyrolysis technology became famous after that is known.
