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unit and the by-products of the
process are not harmful to the
environment. In fact, the gas
produced as the by-product is
used to power the equipment at
the plant.
Through this innovative, low-cost,
cluster-level and eco-friendly
model of PWM, and collective
efforts of the villagers, the
Sasewadi Gram panchayat has
High number of small-scale set a healthy precedent towards
industries, hotels, restaurants and eliminating plastic waste and
large floating population led to achieving total cleanliness.
dumping and burning of plastic
waste in the open. Nearby villages Scan the QR code to know about
like Shindewadi, Velu and Kasurdi the efforts made towards the
were facing the same problem. ‘Waste to Wealth’ initiative in
The Panchayats recognised the different regions of the country
problem and with a will to find the
solution, actions were taken under
Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen
Phase II.
Panchayats collaborated with a
private company to process the
plastic, convert it into a type of
crude oil used for burners in the
industries.
Sasewadi village took the lead by
setting up a system for collection,
segregation and transportation
of waste, while utilizing available
resources at the best.
To build a low-cost model for PWM,
the proposed vermi-composting
units were converted into a
resource recovery centre, where
they created a storage of collected
plastic waste. Workers were hired
to collect and segregate plastic
waste and transport the same to
the company which purchased
the waste at Rs. 8/kg. This money
was again utilized in the operation
and maintenance of the system.
Today, all kinds of plastic waste
are accepted by the processing

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