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Even the marginal use of industrial and municipal waste as fuel and raw material by the cement industry can notably cut carbon dioxide emissions and make a major difference to the overall environment, apart from the co-benefits of waste management, says the Shakti Foundation that promotes clean energy. Thermal substitution of just five percent in the cement industry can reduce India's emission by about 1.5 million tonnes of Carbon Dioxide annually, says  awhite paper jointly submitted by the Shakti Foundation and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests. "Such is the magnitude and impact which this opportunity creates", it said. Further, enhanced use of what is technically called AFR (Alternate Fuel and Raw Material) in cement kilns will also help cement plants to meet, or even exceed, their targets given under the Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme that is focussed on reducing Indian industry's fossil fuel consump...