New Indian Express has an article on a company in Orissa that makes fly ash bricks. Following are some excerpts.

… K V K Satyanarayan Murthy ventured into manufacturing fly ash bricks some years ago.

The unit has not only yielded rich dividends he has also won carbon trading points by putting polluting fly ash to good use and earned Rs 2 lakh.

… The entrepreneur, hailing from Andhra Pradesh, benefited from the Community Development Fund of the World Bank too, thanks to Institute for Solid Waste Research and Ecology Balance (INSWAREB), which motivated him to adopt this technology.

The CDM is an arrangement under Kyoto Protocol allowing industrialised countries that have committed to reduce green house emission by investing in projects that reduce emissions in developing countries.

CDM projects also seek to assist developing countries in achieving sustainable development while simultaneously contributing to stabilisation of green house gas concentrations in the atmosphere.

Fly ash utilisation programme forms a key component of this mission. Orissa, which is witnessing a spurt in industrial activity, stands to gain immensely from it.

Fly ash utilisation programme forms a key component of this mission. Orissa, which is witnessing a spurt in industrial activity, stands to gain immensely from it.

In fact, the State Government has already constituted a �fly ash/blast furnace slag mission.� INSWAREB, which jointly organised the workshop, has planned big for the State.

Programme coordinator (Orissa) of INSWAREB N Gangadhar Reddy said, their aim would be to promote more and more entrepreneurs in the State to set up fly ash brick kilns and encourage the existing ones to convert their units into this environment-friendly technology.

However, a four percent VAT on these units might come in the way. Narayan Das, who owns Siridi Fly Ash Bricks in Barang, sought a reduction as States like Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra have only imposed 1 percent VAT.