Bamboo dust will be generated while preparing bamboo chips for the 2nd Generation Bio-Refinery being set up by NRL through its JV company Assam Bio-Refinery Private Limited. As part of the project, a plant of capacity 5 MT/batch will be set up to produce green activated carbon by pyrolyzing bamboo dust. This R&D project is also aimed towards development of technology for production of very high grade chemically activated carbon having application in pharmaceutical, electronics and mining industries.