IICT ties up with Clean-Seas for waste conversion tech

CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Clean-Seas, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Clean-Seas India Pvt. Ltd of the Clean

CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Clean-Seas, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Clean-Seas India Pvt. Ltd of the Clean Vision Corporation, to collaborate on waste conversion system technology. Clean Vision Corporation is a global holding company that acquires and operates sustainable clean tech and green energy businesses.

CSIR-IICT will be the knowledge partner for customising Clean-Seas’ waste plastic conversion technology to suit Indian conditions, which will aid in mitigating the country’s growing waste streams that will be converted into valuable, environmentally-friendly commodities. The project is currently in the planning stage, and the collaboration partners seek to have it operational next year.

The collaboration will also extend to cost-effective fuel cell technology to enable the project to complete the value chain from conversion of waste to generation and use of the hydrogen output. The plastic waste streams will be converted into low sulphur fuels to produce electricity for generating clean hydrogen called ‘hydrogen moonshot’.