Thane residents have come up with machines which produce fuel from plastic and biogas from wet waste which can further generate electricity
While many people are still looking for ways to manage and recycle their garbage, Thane residents have come up with machines which produce fuel from plastic and biogas from wet waste which can further generate electricity. These can be used to meet your small-time fuel needs like oiling machine, power generator, etc.
An interest in zero garbage led Thane residents Melwyn Fernandes and Vikal Chourasiyar to inventing machines that can make fuel and gas from plastic and other household waste.
“I have seen that plastic takes years to decompose and wanted to do something that helps the environment,” says Fernandes, 47, a mechanical engineer and construction equipment manufacturer.
“I know that plastic is made from petroleum products. So why not reverse the process? That plastic is used to derive petroleum/green fuel,” he says.
Hence, through a joint venture, Chourasiya and he started working on this idea two years ago and now they have come up with a machine which makes fuel from plastic.
“There are plastic items found in household garbage like plastic bags, broken pieces, etc., which cannot be recycled. Our machine uses such plastic to make fuel which has a component similar to diesel,” he adds.
The machine has a capacity of converting 5 kg plastic into bio-fuel daily and costs Rs 1 lakh. It can be used by housing societies to process their plastic waste. This diesel can be used to oil machines, as fuel in generator, even burn funeral pyres. They are also working on making bio-gas using wet waste and the results will be out soon. “We have also applied for a patent,” he says.
Thane city generates over 700 metric tonnes of garbage daily. There are over 700 big housing societies and complexes in Thane and dumping garbage is a big issue in the city which has been time and again asked by the Bombay High court to look into ways of solid waste management.
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- Thane city generates over 700 metric tonnes of garbage daily. There are over 700 big housing societies and complexes in Thane and dumping garbage is a big issue in the city. The authorities have, time and again, been asked by the Bombay High court to look into ways of solid waste management
- An interest in zero garbage led Thane residents Melwyn Fernandes and Vikal Chourasiyar to inventing machines that can make fuel and gas from plastic and other household waste
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