new delhi the gail central public sector undertaking will help the governments premier rd body csir in scaling up new technology of converting plastic waste to automotive grade diesel and rolling it out nationwide after six months of regular operation of a small plant in dehradun the move may help india deal with the menace of plastic waste to an extentthe technology of the dehraduns waste plastics to diesel plant inaugurated by union science technology minister harsh vardhan on tuesday has been developed by the scientists of the csirindian institute of petroleum dehradun under the gails sponsorshipthe one tonne per day tpd capacity of plant set up within the premises of the csiriip will convert 1000 kg of plastic waste to 800 litres of diesel daily this will be made available to government police and army vehicles for regular usethe diesel will be of automotive grade meeting the diesel specifications for use in vehicles and could be straight away filled in cars trucks or generators said the csir in a statementharsh vardhan on tuesday offered the gail to set up such plant of higher capacity in delhi which currently produces largest quantity of plastic waste every day among major cities in the countrythe minister urged csiriip and gail to further scale up the technology to develop a 10 tpd plant which he offered to implement in delhi to solve the menace of waste plastics the csiriip has been generously supported by gail in this effort said the statementreferring to the salient features of the new technolgy the csir noted that all polyolefinic wastes which account for approximately 70 of total plastics consumed can be converted to automotive grade diesel through environmentally friendly process the technology can also help in production of gasoline or aromatics along with lpgindia every day generates 25940 tonnes of plastic waste but 40 of it remains uncollected the uncollected waste causes choking of drainage and river systems ingestion by stray animals soil and water pollution and open air burning leading to adverse impacts on human health and environmentthe central pollution control board cpcb had conducted a study in 60 major cities of india reporting in 2015 that these cities every day generate 4059 tonnes of plastic waste with delhi alone generating 689 tpd of plastic waste highest among the 60 cities the cpcb study noted that the five cities delhi chennai kolkata mumbai and bengaluru together generate more than 50 of the total plastic waste generated in these 60 major citiesdehradun generates an estimated 20 tonnes 20000 kgs of waste polyolefins daily the waste plastics to diesel plant inaugurated on tuesday in the city will convert 5 its waste polyolefin plastics 1 tonne per day into high quality transport grade dieselthe csiriip has roped in ngo gati foundation to work with communities commercial entities and ragpickers to develop an effective waste plastic supply chain for the plant