Case study: PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECT

India

NGO:

• Stree Mukti Sanghatana(SMS) - works actively with women rag pickers and affiliated to the BMC

• Contract signed on March 2014 ₋ sachet waste + food packets ₋ 235 housing colonies, 12 colleges, 10 hotels & 9 banks ₋ 2 health camps + 2 awareness campaigns

• A zero waste project that incentivizes rag pickers

to collect multi layer flexible plastic waste which can then be recycled into useful products

THE PROJECT

AREA COVERED BY RAGPICKERS • Mumbai is divided into 26

wards • Area covered by us: 13

wards (50% of Mumbai)

• 200 women rag pickers involved

• Till date collected: 766 kilos of multi layer waste

Mumbai

Recycler: AIPMA recommended

• A Polycrack machine converts multi layer waste into fuel oil

• Test conducted : 22 September 2014

• Four step process Bailing Polycrack (reverse polymerization) Passing through catalyst Condensation

100 kilograms of waste = 60 kilos of fuel oil

Results: ZERO WASTE – LOW COST Project

60% fuel oil Re-sale value : INR 50 – INR 55 per kilo

20% carbon powder Re-sale value: INR 4 per kilo

15% LPG + 5% water is used again in the same machine

NEW RECYCLER – RUDRA ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS

• Based in Pune • Converts plastic waste into

fuel by Gasolysis • Cost: 50 kilo plant - INR 15 lacs 200 kilo plant- INR 20 lacs • Sludge released as a by-

product has a re-sale value of INR 100 per kilo

• Zero waste project

• Explore a collaboration with Mumbai BMC

• Expand collection to all wards of Mumbai

• Install a recycling machine in Mumbai

• Pilot will be expanded to Pune New Delhi Kolkatta

PLAN FOR 2015