[Original] Indian Cement Plant Uses Sludge as Alternative Fuel

   The Indian Pollution Control Board will provide the National Industrial Promotion Agency of Tamil Nadu, India (State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu). Sipcot） Twenty thousand tons of sludge from textile mills in the Perundurai Industrial Park is transported to the Ariyalur region of Tamil Nadu for use as an alternative fuel . Local media reported that local cement producers have begun accepting sludge from the textile industry as an alternative fuel after tests showed that the use of sludge as a fuel had no impact on the quality of cement. Subsequently, a cement plant ordered 8000 tons of sludge.