Contributing to the Prime Minister’s ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ campaign in a unique way, Khadi India has launched a designer carry bag made from a mix of plastic waste and paper pulp.
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In its project called REPLAN (Reducing Plastic in Nature), the waste plastic from nature is collected, de-structured and de-gradated and then mixed with paper pulp in 80:20 ratio.
REPLAN aims to remove the existing waste plastic material from nature and use it in a semi-permanent manner, so that availability of plastic in nature is reduced to a large extent.
The continued removal, coupled with steps taken by the government is expected to provide significant relief from the existing problem of plastic waste.
The KVIC said preliminary studies showed that polyethylene waste could be used to make cost effective handmade paper -- reducing the existing production cost by 34 per cent-- which in turn can be used to make cheaper carry bags.
