Anand: The Petlad Municipality of Anand district here is contributing its part in getting rid of the menace of plastic.
This municipality has attempted to produce oil from plastic waste, the basic idea behind which is making the city single-use-plastic free.
On one hand, excessive plastic waste generation has become a global concern, on the other hand, only five per cent of this waste is recycled daily. This indicates that with each passing second, plastic is becoming a bigger and more vulnerable problem for the earth.
Petlad Municipality has made an effort to reduce the consumption of low quality plastic in their district.
WATCH: This is how Petlad Municipality converts plastic waste into oil Volunteers from the Municipality go door-to-door and collect plastic waste from every household which is further classified into dry and wet waste categories.
Next to the dumping site where all the waste is dumped, a plastic pyrolysis plant has been set which helps convert this waste into usable oil.
This oil is further used by the municipality to run low-speed diesel engines and generate financial sales.
At times when the plant is under maintenance, the collected plastic waste is handed over by the Municipality to a different organisation.
In return for this waste, the organisation provides the Municipality with decorative items and garden sitting equipment.
The Petlad municipality has taken a challenge of efficiently making the city plastic-free while also being cost-effective and generating a productive result out of it.
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Anand: The Petlad Municipality of Anand district here is contributing its part in getting rid of the menace of plastic.
This municipality has attempted to produce oil from plastic waste, the basic idea behind which is making the city single-use plastic-free.
On one hand, excessive plastic waste generation has become a global concern, on the other hand, only five per cent of this waste is recycled daily. This indicates that with each passing second, plastic is becoming a bigger and more vulnerable problem for the earth.
Petlad Municipality has made an effort to reduce the consumption of low quality plastic in their district.
Volunteers from the Municipality go door-to-door and collect plastic waste from every household which is further classified into dry and wet waste categories.
Next to the dumping site where all the waste is dumped, a plastic pyrolysis plant has been set which helps convert this waste into usable oil.
This oil is further used by the municipality to run low-speed diesel engines and generate financial sales.
At times when the plant is under maintenance, the collected plastic waste is handed over by the Municipality to a different organisation.
In return for this waste, the organisation provides the Municipality with decorative items and garden sitting equipments.
The Petlad municipality has taken a challenge of efficiently making the city plastic-free while also being cost-effective and generating a productive result out of it.
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VO: The Petlad Municipality of Anand district here is contributing its part in getting rid of the menace of plastic.
GFX: Tackling the menace of plastic
VO: This municipality has attempted to produce oil from plastic waste, the basic idea behind which is making the city single-use plastic-free.
GFX: Oil from plastic waste
VO: On one hand, excessive plastic waste generation has become a global concern, on the other hand, only five per cent of this waste is recycled daily. This indicates that with each passing second, plastic is becoming a bigger and more vulnerable problem for the earth.
GFX: An escalating problem for earth
VO: Petlad Municipality has made an effort to reduce the consumption of low quality plastic in their district.
Volunteers from the Municipality go door-to-door and collect plastic waste from every household which is further classified into dry and wet waste categories.
GFX: Door-to-door collection of plastic waste
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BYTE - 1 Hiralben Thakkar
Chief Officer, Petlad Municipality
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Petlad Municipality of Anand district in Gujarat makes oil from plastic waste and is working towards making the city plastic free.
Plastics are becoming a major problem globally today, only 5% of the total amount of plastic consumed daily is recycled so that every second the solid waste of plastic in the world is becoming an issue.
A number of efforts are being made to reduce plastic consumption worldwide and reduce the consumption of low quality plastic.
Petlad Taluka of Anand district, is working to make the city plastic free by Petlad Municipality.
Classifying the waste collected from door to door and separating as dry and wet waste.
Further the Petlad municipality has installed a plastic pyrolysis plant next to its dumping site, which uses the method to make plastic fuel from which the Petlad municipality operates their low-speed diesel engines as well as generating financial sales separately.
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VO: Next to the dumping site where all the waste is dumped, a plastic pyrolysis plant has been set which helps convert this waste into usable oil.
This oil is further used by the municipality to run low-speed diesel engines and generate financial sales.
GFX: Processing through plastic pyrolysis
VO: At times when the plant is under maintenance, the collected plastic waste is handed over by the Municipality to a different organisation.
GFX: Handing over excessive waste to a different body
VO: In return, the organisation provides the Municipality with decorative items and garden sitting equipment
GFX: Decorative items in return
VO: The Petlad municipality has taken a challenge of efficiently making the city plastic-free while also being cost-effective and generating a productive result out of it.
GFX: Best out of waste
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