Thane corporation seeks Maharashtra pollution board nod for project to turn plastic waste in fuel

The Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) in Thane district has applied to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), seeking its nod to implement a project of producing fuel from plastic waste.

The civic body said the move comes after it successfully produced 85 litres of fuel from plastic waste on Tuesday as part of a trial.

The plastic waste-to-fuel trial project was carried out at Barave in Kalyan, the KDMC said in a statement on Wednesday.

Following the success of the trial, the civic body has applied to the MPCB for permission to produce fuel from such waste, it said.