Dear Gadkariji : your dream come true ?

 

 

Context :

This solar-powered pavement harvests energy from under your feet    /   EuroNews

 

 

Extract :

A company in Hungary is making solar panels out of plastic waste - then using them as pavements.

The Platio team says it can power buildings and electronic devices, delivering solar energy "to places where it was not possible before".

"Our product is not made to replace the traditional solar panels on the roof, for example, but to be a complementary effort to use clean energy where other energy resources are not available," Illyés adds.

By employing a special pressuring method, Platio  [info@platio.cc ] can make use of otherwise non-recyclable plastic to build the bricks that the solar panels sit on

The company says it uses the equivalent of 400 plastic bottles to make one square metre of solar pavement. It claims this mixture makes for more durable bricks than some other materials in the road building industry.

And although it's meant for humans rather than vehicles, the pavement can "easily carry the weight of even a heavy truck," reassures Illyés.

One solar panel unit provides about 20 Watts of energy.

And a 20-30 square metre surface can provide enough energy for a family home in a Hungarian climate.

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Statements from Platio website :

Ø  Production of 1 square metre of PLATIO pavers recycles the equivalent of 400 PET bottles.

Ø  The PLATIO saves the environment from approximately 25 kg of greenhouse gas emissions per square meter.

Ø  The product is designed to be 95% recyclable at the end of its life cycle.

Ø  While High Performance Concrete (HPC) has a lifetime of up to 50 years, the composite material of PLATIO solar paver has a lifetime of 100 years, it has much higher tensile and compressive strength and absorbs much less water than concrete.

 

Ø  RESULTS:

#  # Recycled Plastics   >   32   Ton

#  # Installed Area       >   2500  Sq Meters ( ie: 12.8 Kg of recycled plastic per sq

                                        meter )

#  #  Energy Generated >   440000 Kw

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From Platio Calculator Page :

Ø  Recycled Plastic to make 5 Sq Meter Installation Area = 54.6 Kg ( say, 55 Kg )

Ø  That translates to 11 Kg of recycled plastic per sq meter

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My Take :

Ø  Number of Plastic bottles produced world-wide in 2021……………583.3 Billion

Ø  Plastic waste generated by India in 2019………………………………… .9.46 Million Tons

Ø  Total Plastic waste in 2021 could be ……………………………………….. 10 million tons

Ø  Assuming 30 % consist of PET bottles                             =       3 million tons

Ø  Approx weight of a 1 Litre PET bottles                             =     20  gms

Ø  Which translates as ( 5 bottle=100 gms / 50 bottle = 1kg / 50,000 bottles = 1000 Kg = 1 Ton )

Ø  Hence, if all of these 3 million tons of plastic bottles were to be used ( recycled ) for producing Platio Bricks :

#   3 million tons = 3,000,000 tons = 3,000,000,000 Kg

#   For ease of calculating, if we take use of 10 Kg / sq meter , we can get :

     300 Million sq meter of Platio Bricks

Ø  Let us assume a highway with a width of 20 Meter

Ø  So we get > 300 Million sq meter divided by 20 Meter = 15 Million Meter length of highway = 15,000 Km of highways constructed using plastic waste

Ø  Now, if 1 panel ( of 1 sq meter ) can generate 20-30 watts of solar power , then 300 million sq meter can produce … 300 million x 20 watts = 600 million watts = 600 Mega Watts of power !

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Dear Shri Gadkariji,

 

If ,

Ø  Data furnished by news report , and

Ø  My calculations / assumptions

 are believable, then you might want to invite Platio to set up manufacturing operations in India

Of course, in the first instance, you may want to ask Dr R Vasudevanji (deaneca@tce.edu ) :

 

“ You have already perfected the technology to manufacture PLASTONE , using shredded plastic waste.

  Can you further improve upon it to overlay a glass-encased Solar Panel on top of PLASTONE ? “  

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com /  19 Sept 2021

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnPuSyT79h4

Why Battery Storage Is Turbocharging Renewable Energy   [ 16 Sept 2021 ]

Plastic Skyscrapers ? ………………………………………………………….[ 15 Mar 2017 ]

Extract :

Ø  Now imagine if Cazza succeeds in shredding BILLIONS of PLASTIC BOTTLES / CARTONS / WRAPPINGS / BAGS / TOYS etc , mix these with some RESIN to turn it into plastic concrete ( PLASTRETE ? ) and use it to 3 D print that skyscraper !

QUESTION :

Ø  Shall we wait till Cassa ( or the Chinese company , WinSun or the Russian company APIS COR ) , develops this technology , so that we may “ license “ it ?

Ø  How about throwing this as a challenge to our Start Ups / Scientists / Engineers ?

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PLASTONE : PLASTIC TILES FROM WASTE : INVENTION OF PROF VASUDEVAN  /  29 Sept 2019

 

 (  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajagopalan_Vasudevan  )

 

https://youtu.be/jHHfYi8U4fw  (  Oct 2020 Interview of Dr Vasudevan )

Highlights :

Ø  India has 46 Lakh Km of roads of which 25 Lakh Km are kuchha Village Roads, which can be made pucca using PLASTONE

Ø  To convert all 46 lakh Km roads into “ Roads bound with Plastic Scrap “ , we need 150 / 200 lakh tons of Plastic Scrap

Ø  As against this requirement, plastic scrap available is only 10 Lakh tons

Discourage Plastics : Encourage Greed ……………………………[ 21 Mar 2016 ]

Extract :

MISSING  ELEMENT  :

 

Abolish Corporate Income Tax for all plastic recycling units for next 10 years  !

 

Let GREED take over GOVERNING  !

 

 

 

WHAT  CAN  WE  EXPECT  ?

 

*  Within a year, another 10,000 plastic recycling units will come up

 

*  100 % of plastic produced will get recycled

 

*  These units will mobilize lakhs of  " Plastic Rag Pickers " to collect every

    small scrap of  plastic from every nook and corner of every street in every

    city,  leading to Swatchh Bharat  and self employment !

    

     

*   Recycled plastic will get used to build strong / long-lasting road surfaces

 

*   Some recycled plastic will be used as raw material for mass-producing of

    3D printed  houses , solving problem of 50 million " Affordable Housing " (

    ask WINSUN of Shanghai )

    

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 Using plastic waste, India constructed 703 km of highways  /  29 July 2021

Extract :

Ø  Use of plastic waste in the construction of road protects the environment from adverse impact of waste plastic. Plastic roads consist of 6-8 per cent plastic, while 92-94 per cent is bitumen.