Aasha Khosa / New Delhi ACC uses cow dung, old shampoo, soap, paint sludge and even municipal waste in five plants. Cow dung, old shampoo, soap, paint sludge and even municipal waste are fed into furnaces that burn lime into cement at the plants of India's leading cement manufacturer, ACC. ACC ,which recently won the Golden Peacock award set up by the UK-based World Environment Foundation, for eco-innovation has procured more than 200,000 tonnes of waste including some hazardous ones to make cement.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/burning-waste-make-cement
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-standard-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cement
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-conversion
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-treatment
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cement-industry
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/awards
