The initiative of the Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) and Social Development for Communities Foundation (SDCF) for setting up plastic banks is slowly gaining momentum. On Friday 11th plastic bank was established at the campus of Anthropological Survey of India. Speaking on the occasion, the founder of SDCF, Anoop Nautiyal said that if the initiative is adopted by everyone then the day is not far when Dehradun would become clean and plastic free. The Head of the Anthropological Survey, Dr Harshvardhan Singh, held a session with the all the departments and its staff and workers and informed them about the detrimental effect of single use plastic and reminded them to uphold their duty as citizens. He said that the amount of plastic in our kitchens should motivate us to collect it and transfer it to the nearest plastic bank in Dehradun. The SDCF officials claimed that in nearly four months, it has managed to collect 1800 kilograms of plastic and delivered it to the Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) where the plastic is converted into diesel. About 1000 kilos of plastic can yield 800 liters of diesel