Greater Noida: It’s time the world said goodbye to single-use plastic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday.
Addressing delegates from nearly 200 countries at the high-level segment of the 14th conference of parties to United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), he said India would put an end an to its use in the coming years.
“Another form of land degradation, which if not prevented, would become impossible to reverse. This is the menace of plastic waste. Apart from having adverse health implications, this is going to render land unproductive and unfit for agriculture.
“My government has announced that India will put an end to single-use plastic in the coming years. I believe time has come for even the world to say goodbye to single-use plastic,” the prime minister said.
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Modi also announced that India would raise its ambition of the total area to be restored from land degradation status — from 21 million hectares to 26 million hectares between now and 2030.
The prime minister also said that India would take pride in using remote sensing and space technology for multiple applications, including land restoration.
“I am happy to state that India would be happy to help other friendly countries develop land restoration strategies through cost-effective satellite and space technology,” Modi said.
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REVOLUTION ON RENEWABLE ENERGY – ABUNDANT ENERGY FROM PLASTIC WASTE
At Greater Noida Expo Mart 3 days conference and exhibition started on Renewable Energy. In this conference a business model of renewable energy has been discussed by Mr Birendra K Jha, from Pebal Oxide And Organic Pvt Ltd. A start-up company based at Uttar Pradesh. This company is converting plastic waste and cow dung into diesel type Advanced Biofuel. The biofuel is very strong in nature to run any diesel engine without any modification or change. The emission is controlled here almost negligible in comparison to the conventional diesel fuel available in the market. The process of manufacturing biofuel do not give any emission, as catalyst converts 100% plastic into fuel. The fuel consumption is also 20 % less in comparison to the conventional diesel fuel. Thus this company not only solves environmental issues but provides abundant source of renewable energy.
The company has generated employment on value mode mechanism, where plastic wastes are collected, segregated, cleaned and then used for converting it into Advanced Biofuel through an inbuilt catalyst. The price of this fuel is also very cheap, Rs 5.00 less than the conventional diesel fuel. USA leading start-up funding company Rothschild has shown interest over the project.
The company is looking ahead to various States and has shown interest in establishing plant outside Uttar Pradesh, if state Governments show desire. The students communities, universities, research institutions can understand the technology innovation, if interested from company at: birendrajha03@yahoo.com