Patent for KVIC technology to recycle plastic waste
New Delhi: Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has secured a patent registration for an innovative plastic-mixed handmade paper developed to fight the menace of plastic waste. The patent certificate was issued to the Commission’s Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute (KNHPI) at Jaipur, on 2nd August 2021, by the Controller of Patent at the Government of India’s The Patent Office. The idea of developing a plastic-mixed handmade paper was mooted by KVIC Chairman Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena in September 2018, and in just two months, in November 2018, the project was executed by a team of scientists at KNHPI. The plastic-mixed…
