August 28 , 2019
                                                                          2260 days 
                                      1047
                                    
                                   
								   
                                
                                
                                    
	- CSIR- Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) has set up a waste plastic to diesel plant in Dehradun, Uttarakhand as a step towards eradicating plastic.
 
	- The plant has a capacity to produce 800-litre diesel from 1 tonne of plastic.
 
	- On August 2018, India’s first ever biofuel jet ran on biofuel produced by CSIR-IIP.
 
	- Located at Dehradun, this institute was founded in 1960 and dedicated to R & D in in hydrocarbon sector.
 
                                 
                            
                                
                                Post Views: 
                                1047