According to the plan, the civic body will construct a unit to produce crude oil from plastic waste and a substation to generate electricity from the waste in the second phase of expansion.

The work will be completed by utilising the funds of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme. Briefing the media, Mayor Mercy Williams said an effective ewaste management system, aquaculture land and a slaughterhouse were also included in the draft report. She said the new facilities would be constructed at the recently acquired 45.3 acres of land adjacent to the existing plant. "Contrary to the existing plant, the new units will be constructed on raised platforms. The Corporation has already held discussions with the Power Grid Corporation for setting up the electricity manufacturing unit," Mercy Williams said.

The crude oil plant will be constructed in line with that of the one at Alathoor, near Chennai. "The plant is likely to help generate one litre of crude oil at a cost of Rs 12," Mercy Williams added. The Mayor said the civic body had come up with the idea of a new slaughterhouse in the wake of various complaints raised against the slaughter house at Kaloor from various quarters. "The construction of a bridge near Rajagiri College and the renovaton of the existing Brahmapuram jetty is also included in the expansion plans," she added. The Corporation will utilise Rs 42 crore for the expansion. The amount has already been sanctioned under the JNNURM scheme for solidwaste management.

The solid waste from Thrikkakkara would also be transported to the Brahmapuram plant for the treatment.

"We have already signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Trikkakakara panchayat in this regard. A total of two tonnes of waste materials are expected to be brought to Brahmpuram from Trikkakkara daily," Mercy Williams said.