TNPSC Thervupettagam

Plastic to Waste – IIP, Dehradun

August 28 , 2019 1706 days 749 0
  • 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.

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