Plastic Waste into Poly Fuel
Mr Shirish Phadtare and Dr. Medha Tadpatrikar from Pune, Maharashtra, when on a visit to a wildlife sanctuary witnessed the death of a deer due to consumption of plastic. That incident caused them to ponder about the importance of eradicating plastic waste from the society. They came up with the idea of converting plastic waste into poly fuel. They experimented several times and after a whole lot of effort and dedication they could develop a machine unit which could convert shredded plastic waste into poly fuel. Eventually they could redesign the machine eco-friendly too by not letting the gases and fumes, which comes out in the process, to go into atmosphere. Now the machine can be run by the gas produced by itself. That’s a wonderful innovation. And the poly fuel it produces is sold at very low price. Poly fuel can be used to run electricity generators, to light up street lights and even to cook food in stoves.
Mr Shirish Phadtare and Dr. Medha Tadpatrikar are the founders and promoters of Rudra Environmental Solution India (Ltd.), Pune. The company was established on 29th July 2009. Since the inception the company has been involved in research of converting waste plastic into fuel technology through TCD i.e. Thermo Catalytic Depolymerisation Process. The first pilot plant was established in March 2010, second-generation plant in 2013 and now its patented third generation plant is running successfully in company’s own factory situated in Jejuri M.I.D.C. area. Company is ISO 9001-2008 certified. From 2009 onwards as a mission, Rudra has been researching and developing its Thermo Catalytic Depolymerization (TCD) technology. Rudra has tied up with Keshav Sita Memorial Foundation Trust for creating awareness of segregation at source as well as pick up of waste plastic from various areas of Pune. Today, Rudra Environmental Solution India (Ltd.) provides job opportunity to a vast majority of locals and street pickers in Pune itself.
