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Chemicals & plastics sector to Recycle plastic bottles at railway

achieve 15% growth in 3 years stations in Mumbai.

says Ananth Kumar he railway stations on both central and western

Tline will soon have a bottle recycling machine to
he chemicals & petrochemicals and plastics industry
prevent bottle-throwing on the railway tracks. While
Thas grown around 12 percent this year, defying
the Central Railways have planned to set up around 20
all claims of a
such machines on the stations situated on the central
slowdown in the line the western railways also have same plans
economy post the
demonetisation The machines to be
installed on each
drive, according stations will be based
to Ananth Kumar, on the number of
M inist e r for footfall recorded at
Chemical s & every station. The
Fertilizers. central officials said
that atleast two
Speaking at an
machines each would be installed at stations like
awards function Chhtrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), Kurla and Thane due
for technology
to their heavy footfall. The machines are set up under
innovation in
one of the initiatives under ‘Swacch Bharath Mission’.
petrochemicals and downstream plastics processing Stations like Byculla, Ghatkopar, Dadar, Kurla, Mulund,
industry, the Minister said, “In the next three years, this Dombivli will have these machines and it will also be
sector would achieve 15 percent growth.” The Government installed on stations on harbour line which includes
has constituted a task force to design a national policy for Chembur, Mankhurd, Vashi, Central Business District
sustainable plastic waste management. (CBD) Belapur and Panvel. As far as the usage of the
machine is concerned, the user will have to insert empty
The Minister also announced constitution of a task force
plastic bottles with a cap into a section. The conveyer
headed by the Secretary, Chemicals & Petrochemicals,
inside the machine carries the empty bottle and crushes
which would design a national policy to deal with the it completely in less than 30 seconds.
issue of sustainable plastic waste management, after
consultation with experts and public at large. The users will be awarded a discount coupon after the
bottle is crushed completely. These recycled bottles
According to Mansukh Lal Mandaviya, Minister of State would be supplied to fibre-manufacturing companies to
for Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India’s policy be used for bags and carpets. Whereas responding to
envisions the development of value added, quality the success of a machine at Churchgate station similar
petrochemical products at globally competitive prices machines will now be installed at Mumbai Central,
using eco-friendly processes and technologies as well as Bandra, Bandra Terminus and Andheri, and within the
innovation of newer application and products with focus next few days, they will be installed at Santacruz,
on sustainable development. Kandivali, Goregaon, Borivali and Bhayender.
The discounts will be offered to the users in order to
He noted that the award scheme incentivises meritorious motivate them for repeated usage.
innovations and inventions in the field of polymeric
Western Railway has deployed staff near the machines
materials, products, processes and other areas of national
and social importance. to guide the passengers in how to use the machines.

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