Ford India and leading cement manufacturer ACC are in talks to ensure that 100 per cent usage of hazardous waste generated from the manufaturing process can be safely co-processed, a senior official of Ford India said today.

During a powerpoint presentation at a workshop on 'co-processing of hazardous waste in cement kilns' here, Ford India Vice-President Manufacturing Tom S Chackaiackal said both companies have jointly worked for the past two years to identify and develop alternate fuel and raw material opportunities for food waste.

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Tom said co-processing trial burn results concluded that the waste material can be safely co-processed in cement kilns.

The co-processing technology can provide a better, economically and ecologically more sustainable solution to industrial waste management problem, he said, adding the trial burn of waste showed that it can be co-processed and disposed regularly in cement kiln without any adverse impact on the process, quality and emissions.

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