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Kolkata gets C&D waste management plant

With a capacity of 1.600 tonnes per day

ndia’s most advanced and day, and the vast majority of it in the form of recycled sand and
Kolkata’s first C&D waste is left uncollected and scattered aggregate can be utilized in mortar
recycling plant in New Town, throughout the city, according to and concrete grade mixes used for
IKolkata last month. This state- a Kolkata Municipal Corporation construction, while precast products
of-art facility, spread across 5 acres (KMC) and Re Sustainability include bricks, pavers, tiles and
with a capacity of 1,600 tonnes survey. The landfill of Dhapa has kerb stones which can be used in
per day, is set to revolutionise been drowning in the city’s waste construction, thus closing the loop
Kolkata’s waste management for years. in the circularity in the construction
system and sustainable construction The recycling plant is set up as industry.
by transforming construction and a PPP between Re Sustainability
demolition waste into recycled and Kolkata Municipal Corporation
aggregates, bricks, and tiles, driving (KMC) and will deliver a valuable
circularity in the construction secondary resource material in
sector. The ₹400 million project the form of recycled aggregate
is the latest addition to Re and precast construction products
Sustainability’s series of recycling with advanced wet technology to
facilities across the country as part enable the efficient sorting of C&D
of their #CloseTheLoop initiative. waste, crushing, washing to remove
Kolkata produces nearly 1,600 any contamination and screening.
tonnes of C&D waste every The recycled material obtained CIJ

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