Cement, Energy and Environment

26 dialogue between regulators, Industry and other relevant stakeholders also helped getting early buy- in from industry to ease compliance, raising awareness and improving preparedness among the industry and most importantly, bringing the Regulators and industry on a common page. While the success of Forum of Regulators is just the starting point in catalyzing a strong action, it also provides a ground for creating a more enabling environment for the industry in making investment for long term action. 4. Way Forward Co-processing of waste in cement kilns clearly provides an opportunity for fossil fuel savings and GHG mitigation. While the mitigation cost on one hand is reasonable, the replication potential that AFR offers is enormous. The other associated co- benefits include an effective and efficient means of managing urban and industrial waste, addressing some pressing local environmental concerns being faced by the country. Currently there is a huge demand from (i) the industry to enhance the use of AFR to help them meet their PAT targets and (ii) among the policy makers to meet the NDC commitment. The use of AFR is also gaining grounds because of government’s priority for effective waste disposal under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Campaign). Utilization of alternate fuels and raw material for cement production, therefore, presents a win-win situation for a country like India. IIP is committed to accelerating the use of AFRs in the cement industry through the Knowledge Exchange Platform and keep working with the stakeholders for policy reform in this area. *****