Plastic Waste from houses : Can you create a Business from this ?

The Situation ..

People sincerely wish to process whatever plastic they have, in an environment friendly way, however, not finding an easy clue to do it easily. And this is an opportunity if you can see as an entrepreneur.

Plastic Processing method at present

In India, the house hold waste is collected from houses by the municipal employees. We are instructed to separate the DRY vs WET. That's all. After this, the municipality separates the same at centres. Here, the Bio degradable & non bio degradable is sorted out. In the non bio degradable category, comes the plastic. In plastic too, there are several types by which they are separated, just have a look at these :-

From the municipal waste, appx 12% is Plastic waste. Out of this plastic waste , around 64% waste is generated from thin carry bags (thus it's the top priority). 9% from PET bottles & 23% from the remaining types. From the 9% again, they say (like Bisleri) that around 90% is already recycled (See what measures Bisleri takes to recycle the PET) 

How the Waste gets processed ...

The PET Bottles : For creating yarn from it & apparels, clothes ultimately. See this blogpost

All Plastics : Road Construction, Incineration at Cement Kilns, Waste to Fuel, Granules creation can be the other ways. Creative ways like Making Paver Blocks have also emerged. You can see the Plastic Waste Management rules for details on this, setup by the Govt. 

Note : Industries have a different procedure for this. However the procession remains the same.

Let's talk about the opportunity

Sorting & Processing Service : You can establish a local service with a Reverse Vending Machine (On wheels), separate & collect waste from societies, and supply to various places mentioned above & earn good revenue. 

Do you have any other idea ? please post in comments please !

Rail Neer Plants & Distribution

There was a news that Railways is coming up with 9 new plants in addition to its existing 10 plants in the country. This decision was taken mainly to meet the demand across railway stations. At present IRCTC meets just 45-50% demand. By adding these, it plans to meet the additional demand.

These Plants are existing :-

1. Nagloi (Delhi) : North Zone
2. Danapur (Patna, Bihar) : East Zone
3. Palur (Chennai, TN) : South Zone
4. Ambernath (Mumbai, Maharashtra) : West Zone
5. Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) : North Zone
6. Parasalla (Thiruvantanapuram, Kerala) : South Zone
7. Bilaspur (Chhattisgad) : Central Zone
8. Hapur (UP) : North Zone
9. Sanand (Ahmedabad, Gujarat) : West Zone
10. Mandideep (Bhopal, M.P.) : Central Zone

The New Locations Coming Up :-

1. Nagpur (Maharashtra) : Central Zone
2. Sankrail (Horah, W.B.) : East Zone
3. Jagi Road (Guwahati) : North-East Zone
4. Jabalpur ( M.P.) : Central Zone
5. Bhusawal (Maharashtra) : West Zone
6. Una (H.P.) : Extreme North
7. Vijaywada : (A.P.) South Zone
8. Visakhapatnam : (A.P.) South Zone
9. Bhubaneshwar : (Odisha) East Zone

Points of note :-

The Location of the plants must have been selected strategically. Particullarly the area it caters to. For example : 

• Amethi is in North Zone, but it also caters to the eastern part of the country.
• Nagpur is in Maharashtra, West Zone State, but location is in the centre of the country
• North East also they are coming up with plant at Guwahati
• States like Karnatak doesn't have any plant. The reason can be the thickest populated is Bengaluru can be sourced with the Chennai & Thiruvanantapuram plants (?) 
• Hyderabad is such a major junction, misses a plant in Telangana. Are the new locations at Vijaywada & Vizag are going to source it ? Or the Nagpur one ?
• Gujarat, Rajasthan... what about these areas ?
• Even in north east, there should be at least 2 additional locations.

Out of Box ...

• Can the plants be just at locations where there is no challenge of water ? And why not store (the railways can definitely afford it) the over flowing rainwater from regions like Kerala, North-East, Himalayas & the Sahyadris ? As it is, IRCTC enjoys the advantage of free transportation (their trains as it is run across). This will save tremendous amount of Groundwater being extracted
• The IRCTC ATM's will be supplied with this water. This will not only save Groundwater extraction but also save earth from plastic

Comments Welcome !