Deccan Herald      04.09.2012

8 pvt firms ready to dispose of garbage

A Japanese firm too has expressed interest to
help the civic agency deal with the humungous garbage problem through
its waste-to-energy models, Goel said during a meeting with the
representatives of Residents Welfare Associations (RWAs) and voluntary
organisations who suggested ways to dispose of solid waste management
scientifically. The firm has set up about 175 such plants across the globe.

If it succeeds in Bangalore, too, it would generate power and use it to
light up the City streets. All that the firm requires is 12 acres of
land to run its computerised waste-to-energy plant, he said.

Four
firms have shown interest to generate gas, oil and manure at the
existing landfills. Mayor D Venkatesh Murth was also present at the
meeting, which discussed segregation of rubbish at source, dry waste
collection centre, status of landfills and other environmental issues.

Goel
agreed that the landfills were not run in a scientific manner. He
pointed out that a landfill at Mavallipura incurred the wrath of the
Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, ordering its closure.He, however, was critical of the KSPCB for not monitoring the
irregularities at the landfills. He even blamed the BBMP for the mess.