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“Between 35-75 kg of waste down project costs by more The volume of waste is
can be processed per day; an than ₹3 Cr/MW”, revealed S reduced by 96%, and the inert
equivalent amount of manure Ilango, Chief Manager - Business ash can be mixed with lime
is generated, as well as enough Development, Avant-Garde concrete to make solid blocks, or
gas to fill 3-4 commercial gas Systems and Controls. with bitumen, to construct roads.
cylinders per month, with
no other residue”, he shared. Practical solutions Recycling
“The advantage of zero odour
discharge makes it palatable Not all waste can be feasibly What happens to the high
to residents”. processed in an ideal manner; volume of empty beer bottles
Demand comes from fortunately, alternatives exist. generated in India’s party
cantonment areas, urban Darshaak Mehta of Infed Bio destinations? Rather than
transport them back to bottling
Upakaran exhibited a garbage
local bodies, large resorts, disposal solution for facilities plants over long distances and
manufacturing facilities with a where waste storage is an at high cost, Darshaak Mehta of
large cafeteria and educational issue, in which organic waste is Infed Bio Upakaran offers the
institutions.
mixed with water and crushed; alternative of a glass recycling
the slurry can be discharged unit which crushes glass
Waste-to-energy into the drain, though he into sand that can be used in

A major part of the project cost recommends it be allowed to construction and road-making.
of any such plant is the boiler cure and used as manure. For pub owners who have to deal
of the incinerator. While the Similarly, Kutti and Nathan with 500-600 bottles a day, this is
calorific value of waste in the showcased a solution for mixed the perfect choice.
West is around 3000 kCal/tonne, waste management that obviates Similarly, Gaurav Saigal,
in India, it tends to be 900-1,200 the need for segregation. Director-Operations, Asanta
kCal/tonne. These two factors Magnetic pyrolysis using Machines narrated the story of
have led to only 100-150 MW artificial plasma thermally how women’s self-help groups in
of a potential total of 3000 MW disintegrates everything but Himachal Pradesh are using his
projects being commissioned. infected waste into inert ash. solution to recycle waste paper
“Indigenisation is key to Each cycle takes just 35-40 from block development offices
reducing cost. By incorporating minutes, and anything from into handmade paper that they
a domestically manufactured gloves and syringes to old then fashion into bags, mobile
boiler, we were able to bring laptops can be put in. stands, files and other products.

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