Pepsico has shown its commitment towards environment issues by utilising bio gas as fuel to its plants in pune.Pune plants manufactures Lays, Kurkure, Cheetos, Uncle Chips and the recently launched biscuit brand Aliva. Pepsi has replaced LPG by bio gas around 200 tons of LPG gas is substituted by bio gas . Frito Lays Pune plant is first of its kind to use bio gas for its production in the world.
Bio waste generated by the food processing unit gets converted into bio gas .The unit also generates 10-12 tons of bio-degradable waste daily, comprising potato peels, extra burnt chips, green potatoes, etc, which was earlier disposed off as waste and will now be used in the bio gas plant. Installed at an investment of Rs 3.5 crore, the plant will save the company its annual expenditure of Rs 1.5 crore on waste disposal.
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