Finally, a sustainable model. In the past few months, there has been a proliferation of plastic bottle crushing machines at the city’s railway stations. The sale of the crushed bottle plastic flakes has been bringing in good revenue for the Railways, in addition to advertisements on the machines, with a sustainable model slowly emerging from it all. The aim is to have cleaner surroundings with environmental benefits.

Another 33 plastic bottle crushing machines will soon be installed at 23 stations of Mumbai division - Marine Lines, Charni Road, Grant Road, Mahalaxmi, Khar Road, Santacruz, Vile Parle, Jogeshwari, Goregaon, Dahisar, Mira Road, Bhayandar, Naigaon, Palghar, Boisar, Umergaon, Bilimora, Udvada, Vapi, Valsad, Navsari, Udhna junction and Surat.