BHOPAL: A unique technique to extract oil from plastic waste promises to revolutionize the marketplace, according to Indore-based entrepreneur Manoj Sharma. The extracted oil can be used to power various industrial generators.

"First industrial setup employing the technique would begin in Godhra (Gujarat) on March 15," said Sharma. He has started a company promoting the invention in partnership with the patent owner Nilachal Bhattacharya.

LONDON: In a first-of-its kind attempt, an Australian pilot plans a 16,898 kilometre historic trip from Sydney to London using fuel produced entirely from plastic waste.

After failing to effectively implement garbage treatment facilities at its dumping grounds, the civic administration is looking to foreign companies to set up waste-to-energy plants in the city.

The BMC will invite proposals from companies across the world to set up plants in order to treat the 6,500 metric tonnes of waste generated. "Foreign companies have shown interest in undertaking such a project. We will invite an expression of interest from them and study the proposal," said Prakash Patil, deputy municipal commissioner, solid waste management, adding that "companies from South Korea, Germany and France are world-renowned in such technologies and have shown interest."

The government on Monday signed a 20-year deal with Environment Finance SRL-Italy for a project to produce diesel, fertiliser and 300mw of electricity from waste in Dhaka city.

The government on Monday signed an agreement with an Italian company to purchase 100 megawatts (MW) power based on solid waste for the national grid, reports BSS.

Make use of 150 to 200 tonnes of waste generated in Madurai

There is a huge potential for converting waste into biogas, according to S.P. Kale, Head, Technology Transfer and Collaboration Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). He had interaction with the district administration officials at the Collectorate here on Monday as part of a BARC initiative, AKRUTI (Advance Knowledge and Rural Technology Implementation), through which it offers expertise in the areas of water, land, agriculture, tissue culture, food processing and waste management.

It uses coconut shells, husk, fibres, castor stalks and plant waste

With power crisis crippling the State, educational institutions are looking at an alternative mode of sourcing electricity, so that the studies of the students are not affected during night hours. Recently, a biomass gasifier was installed at Golden Gates Matriculation Higher Secondary School here so that electricity produced from it could help in running 250 to 300 tube lights or a 15 HP motor capacity.

ISLAMABAD: Around 3,000 megawatts (MW) cheaper electricity would be generated through sugarcane bagasse on fast track basis and investors would be facilitated and encouraged.

The proposed solid waste treatment plant will adopt incineration method

The proposed solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram capable of processing 500 tonnes of waste material daily will adopt the waste-to-energy technology model based on the incineration method. Work on the Rs. 350 crore plant is expected to begin soon. A final decision on the company that would implement the project will be taken on Monday. The waste-to-energy technology is expected to provide help in converting the non-recyclable and combustible portion of the waste to electricity. It will also reduce the amount of material sent to landfills besides preventing contamination of air and water.