Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA)

Preteatment Reductant Reverberatory furnace Soft Pb (99.98% Pb) Reductant Slag Hard Pb 75-85% Pb Relining recovery Plastic waste Management Rules - Recently the Ministry of Environment, forest 12 th Management (Amendment) Rules 2021. The amendment basically aims to prohibit low utility and high littering potentials by one year 2022. Notably, post amendment rules, the existing entities which engaged in business activities involving plastic / plastic item will have to reduce and subsequently eliminate the sale, delivery and production etc. of single use plastic commodities. Role of Cement Industries & Statutory Authorities: Co-processing of plastic waste is considered to be the most environmentally sound manner of disposal. Local municipal authorities should tie-up with various Cement plants for its disposal. Municipal authorities should provide incinerable plastic waste at door step of Cement plants. Most of the cement plants have co-processing facilities at their sites and of various types of hazardous waste & non-hazardous waste government can provide incentives to develop and formalize the waste management system. Cement companies are committed towards creating Clean and Green Ltd. has established co-processing facilities at its operations and successfully utilizing various types of alternative waste materials and plastic waste. Company has also partnered with waste supplying agencies for cleaning waste of the nation and is contributing to overall Circular Economy. Page 71 References: https://cpcb.nic.in/ https://www.britannica.com/science/ plastic https://www.plasticsindustry.org/history -plastics https://www.sciencehistory.org/the -history-and-future-of-plastics http://www.sachaszerowaste.com/ plasticwaste-management-india https://parivesh.nic.in/