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BBMP looks to establish waste transfer stations

Monday, 21 March 2016 06:51 administrator
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The Hindu       21.03.2016  

BBMP looks to establish waste transfer stations

With the aim of doing away with the ungainly sight of garbage getting unloaded from smaller collection vehicles — usually autorickshaws — into a bigger vehicle parked on the street, the BBMP is planning to install waste transfer stations at key locations in the city.

“We have identified a place in Cox Town where we will be setting up such a station on a pilot basis. We hope to have the logistics sorted out and get the project up and running by the end of this year,” said Subodh Yadav, Special Commissioner, Solid Waste Management, BBMP.

He said this way, garbage would not be left strewn on the street during the transfer.

At a waste transfer station, the garbage unloaded from collection vehicles will be held briefly and later, it will be reloaded into long-distance transport vehicles for shipment.

The facility will have a compactor and the waste will be loaded onto a tray which then moves to shift the fresh waste onto the compactor without any spillage. The compacted waste will then be sent to the BBMP’s new processing plants.

However, civic experts believe the idea will work only if such facilities are put up across the city. “I do not know whether the city has enough space to accommodate so many stations. These sort of things will have to be worked out if this to run successfully,” said N.S. Ramakanth, member of Solid Waste Management Round Table, a citizens’ group that has also worked with BBMP to provide solutions to the city’s garbage woes.

 

Centre bans plastic bags below 50 microns

Friday, 18 March 2016 10:48 administrator
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The Times of India      18.03.2016 

Centre bans plastic bags below 50 microns

Manufacturers of plastic bags will have to make certain payments to states for its post-use disposal, said Union environment minister Prakash JavadekarManufacturers of plastic bags will have to make certain payments to states for its post-use disposal, said Uni... Read More
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday notified new plastic waste management rules for the country, replacing the earlier ones made five years ago. The new rules, which are more stringent than the previous rules, will be implemented across the country within 6 months.

Under the new rules, carrying certain dos and don'ts for manufacturers, distributors, municipal bodies and panchayats, the government banned the manufacturing of plastic bags of below 50 microns as thinner bags currently pose a major threat to environment due to its non-disposability.

Manufacturers of plastic bags will have to make certain payments to states for its post-use disposal. The money, collected by the states from the manufacturers, will be given to local civic bodies and panchayats for taking multiple measures to dispose off plastic bags properly.

"Rural areas have also been brought in the ambit of these rules since plastic has reached to villages. Responsibility for implementation of the rules is given to Gram Panchayats", said environment minister Prakash Javadekar while sharing details of the new rules.

He said, "Responsibility of waste generator is being introduced for the first time. Accordingly, individual and bulk generators like offices, commercial establishments and industries are to segregate the plastic waste at source, handover segregated waste and pay user fee as per bye-laws of the local bodies".

Under the new law, persons or organizations, including even the political parties, have been made responsible for management of waste generated from the events - political rallies, marriage function, religious gathering or public meetings - organised by them.

Manufacturing and use of non-recyclable multi-layered plastic will also be phased out in two years under the new rules.

Javadekar said, "The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has been mandated to formulate guidelines for thermoset plastic (the plastic difficult to recycle). In earlier rules, there was no specific provision of such type of plastic".

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Under the new rules, plastic carry bags will be available only with shopkeepers/street vendors, pre-registered with local bodies, on payment of certain registration fee.

Javadekar said, "The amount collected as registration fee by the local bodies is to be used for waste management".
 

Udupi CMC to go green in waste processing

Wednesday, 31 December 2014 06:05 administrator
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The Hindu      31.12.2014   

Udupi CMC to go green in waste processing

A biomethanation plant will be set up at Beedinagudde

The Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) is giving priority to harnessing green technology to process the garbage generated by the city.

The civic body is setting up a biomethanation plant on about 10 cents of land at Beedinagudde. This plant will have a capacity to process two tonnes of biodegradable waste per day.

Udupi city generates about 56 tonnes of garbage per day on an average. Presently, this waste-load is being processed at the Solid Waste Management Plant on 22 acres of land in Alevoor village, about 8 km from Udupi.

The biomethanation plant will be set up a cost of Rs. 35 lakh. “The tenders for this plant have been floated. The work will begin soon and is expected to be completed by June 2015. The plant will be fully operational by October 2015,” said M.K. Subramanya, Environmental Engineer of the CMC.

Biodegradable waste

The plant would require 2,000 kg biodegradable waste in the form of food and vegetable waste. Of the 58 tonnes of solid waste generated in the city, the CMC estimates that 33 tonnes is biodegradable waste. “We will get the food waste from the hotels, and expect to get vegetable waste from the vegetable markets,” he said.

This two tonnes of biodegradable waste would first be converted into slurry. This slurry would then be fed into the digester of the biomethanation plant. The waste would decompose in two days and start giving out methane. This methane would be passed into a 15 kVA generator, which will produce 12 kWh of power every day.

A separate power line will be drawn from this generator and the power generated would be used to light 300 street lamps in the Beedinagudde area.

Manure production

In addition, the plant will generate about 160 kg of manure daily. The compost generated from this plant could also be sold. The CMC expects to make about Rs. 2 lakh per year by selling the compost and also save on electricity bill. The biogas generated from the plant can also be supplied to nearby houses.

“Hotels and temples can set up smaller biomethanation plants. By doing so, they can utilise their food waste and use biogas produced for cooking. We will soon hold a workshop for hoteliers on this issue. This will also reduce the burden of the CMC,” Mr. Subramanya said.

“In addition to utilising waste in an eco-friendly manner, we will use green technology to promote a clean environment,” said CMC Commissioner Srikanth Rao.

Tenders have been floated for the plant that will be set up at a cost of Rs. 35 lakh

The work is expected to begin by June 2015 and the plant will be operational by October

 
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