The Times of Indian 05.06.2017
AOL recycling plant helps reduce plastic burden
TNN | Jun 5, 2017, 06.58 AM IST
At 8 on a Sunday morning, 10 people on board three tractors set out on a mission to five villages around The Art of Living International Centre, South Bengaluru. Their goal: collect and separate recyclable waste and transport it to AOL’s Pyrolysis Plant.
The plant, with a capacity to reduce 200kg of plastic into fuel, gas
and carbon, is an enormous step toward waste management.Twenty per cent
of the fuel generated is used to run the plant itself, and the rest for
power boilers in the ashram kitchen, which feed approximately 8 million
people every year. The black carbon produced is used to asphalt
roads.The plant is an efficient system that produces zero waste.
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Excellent work by a socially responsible organisation! Congratulations, keep up the good work.
The team of waste warriors is led by Satya Kumar. They work tirelessly
from 8am to 6pm in the ashram as well -sometimes even till later on
busy days -collecting waste from the 220 bins scattered within the
ashram. The plant, inaugurated in May 2015, has decomposed thousands of
tonnes of plastic. “We hope to tie up with a company that will
coordinate with BBMP
and bring plastic waste that’s generated in the city. The capacity of
the machine is huge. We’re hoping this partnership will benefit the
larger community ,” says Satya.