The New Indian Express 02.12.2010
Palike looks to generate power from garbage
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board Member Secretary (KSPCB) M S Gouder said a private power generation company has come forward to generate 10 MW power from the garbage generated in the city.
"They will set up a power generation plant near Mandur garbage collection centre and utilise 500 tonnes of garbage everyday to generate that much power," he said. "If this project succeeds, garbage disposal will become easier and pollution will come down as it will be utilised constructively.''
The contents of the garbage would be segregated with the help of highly sophisticated machines.
The plastic found in the garbage would be either used for producing diesel or burnt in the cement kilns to reduce pollution caused due to it. Refuse Derived Fuel blocks would be produced out of the biodegradable garbage and the same would be used as fuel to generate electricity.
The rest of the garbage would recycled according to its content.
According to the estimates, 3,500 tonnes of garbage is generated in the city everyday and disposed to various garbage dumping yards around the city.
Some garbage collection contractors do not segregate the garbage as prescribed and dump it wherever they want to make profit, which leaves the outskirts of the city dirty.
This project is expected to ease all these problems and also make garbage segregation easier and economical.
''According to the plan, the work on the project should start by March and commissioned at the earliest,'' Gouder said.
