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Project Feasibility Calculations

These are some ofhand calculations to gauge whether cutting bottles actually savemoney or it is better to transport the bottles as such without cutting them.

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Average mileage o 'kmpl assumed.

(ow without cutting the bottles$ the limiting actor or how many bottles the truckcan carry is the volume o the carriage which is calculated to be about )' m* .+onsidering the volume o ,-- mL bottles to be -- cm* $ the truck can carry /-kbottles per trip.

(Revision: The bottles are assumed to have a volume of 350 cm

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, so thetruc can carry !0 bottles no"#$

0ith bottles cut beorehand$ the limiting actor is now the weight o the plasticbottles. Taking a bottle to weigh about /) gm$ kerb weight o the truck being about',-- kg and gross weight to be about )/,-- kg$ the truck can now carry ' lakhbottles per trip.

(Revision: The truc no" has the ca%acity reduced to be able to carry 50bottles %er tri%#$

(ow to calculate the energy cost o cutting the bottles$ the motor is assumed togenerate 1w power. Assuming )- seconds or each bottle to be cut$ it takes '-

lakh seconds to cut all the bottles$ and the motor consumes 2'------!*3-- 4. units costing about 5s 3/---at 5s 6 a unit&.

(Revision: &o" to calculate the ener'y cost of cuttin' the bottles, themotor is assumed to 'enerate )" %o"er# *ssumin' +0 seconds for eachbottle to be cut, it taes 5 lah seconds to cut all the bottles, and themotor consumes 500000-3.00 / 1 units costin' about Rs .(at Rs 2a unit$ $#

To calculate the diesel cost or transporting the bottles$ assuming *-- km round tripor the truck to go rom 7ilani to 8elhi it would take /, litres o diesel every tripcosting about 5s *,-. 9o or /- trips it would take 5s ,---.

(Revision: To calculate the diesel cost for trans%ortin' the bottles,assumin' 300 m round tri% for the truc to 'o from Pilani to elhi it"ould tae 15 litres of diesel every tri% costin' about Rs 350# 4o totrans%ort 50 bottles it "ould tae +#1 tri%s costin' around Rs !500#$

9o the cost bene%t in cutting the bottles beore transporting is about 5s )*---.

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(Revision: Tain' in the ne" 'ures 'ives a cost shortfall of Rs 31., i#e# ittaes Rs 31. more if "e %rocess the bottles throu'h our R67 than if "etrans%ort it directly#$

1eep in mind that some %gures are very rough and the actual cost bene%t would bemuch higher$ apart rom the environmental goodwill that the proect generates.

(Revision: 8ven a cost shortfall is not bad as the 'overnment 'iveshandsome subsidies to recyclers and if "e are able to nd a bi''er truc,"e can easily be able to mae a %rot#$

8o tell i you %nd any %gure that is not looking proper to you and ; would change thecalculations with the proper %gures$ also tell ; ; have missed something.