Start-up Infinity Greenfield set to produce diesel from plastic plant

In 2006, a group of scientists at the Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) here began discussions on finding answers to the country’s crude oil woes by experimenting on plastic. In the next few years, they toiled hard to conduct scores of experiments to find the right kind of catalysts that can turn molecules of plastic into hydrocarbons. Most of the experiments have been successful, the IIP PRO said.
 
Infinity Greenfield, a start-up, is setting up a similar plant in Moradabad in western UP to produce diesel from polyethylene and polypropylene plastic, which can produce up to 80 per cent