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Accordingly the company’s pyrolysis operation, which have applied with Noida authorities about three months
has the capacity to process 6 tons a day of waste from back for building the recycling plant on a 12-acre plot and
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rules call for responsible disposal of plastic waste and put The company is seeking government assistance in setting
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in the fast-moving consumer goods sector are pushing for already shut some units
more recyclable or biodegradable packaging. Pyrolysis is including isomerisation,
commonly used to convert organic materials into liquid continuous catalytic
fuel, gases and solid residue containing carbon black. reformer and paraxylene
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only 6 tons are being used for the production of alternate Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is the sixth largest in the
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raw material in generating alternative fuel for our own Last month, The Times of India reported that Saudi
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and other sustainability initiatives. "If oil produced by businesses of Reliance Industries. In recent years, Saudi
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