Pondy Oxides and Chemicals is establishing a Copper and Aluminum Scrap Recycling Unit at Sy No. 1260(P), 1273(P), 1275(P), Plot No.81P & 82, APIIC Industrial Park, Gajulamandyam Village, Renigunta Mandal, Tirupati District, spread over about 4.89 acres, with a proposed project cost of Rs.16.50 Crores; the facility is designed to recycle copper scrap (Clove/Cobra/Berry/Barely/Candy/Brich/Billets) at 2,500 MTPM, produce copper ingots/blister/anode/cathode at 1,000 MTPM and aluminium scrap/ingots at 500 MTPM, while also recovering lead scrap, iron and SS scrap, plastic scrap, and paper and rubber as by-products; raw materials including lead scrap relay, copper scrap druid, copper ingots/blister/anode/cathode and talc will feed the smelting operations, which are expected to include enclosed charging furnaces, cooling chambers, cyclone separators, bag filters and wet scrubbers for air pollution control, along with continuous emission monitoring systems, CAAQMS, effluent treatment via septic tank and soak pit for domestic wastewater, DG set backup with acoustic enclosures, and greenbelt development across at least 33% of the site; the State Pollution Control Board has granted Consent to Establish for the project under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.