The Hindu 23.12.2013
‘More waste can be processed at Terra Firma’
High Court judge N. Kumar said here on Sunday that more quantum of waste generated in the city can be sent to the waste processing facility at Terra Firma plant in Doddaballapur as it is spread across 100 acres and there is no human inhabitation close by.
Director of Terra Firma Biotechnologies Ltd. R. Dayananda said that the plant could process 1,000 tonnes of garbage a day and is currently running on just around 50 per cent of its capacity. The BBMP sends an average of 450 tonnes of solid waste to the unit.
BBMP Commissioner M. Lakshminarayana said that they would try to increase the quantum of waste sent to Terra Firma.
Managing Director of Terra Firma Biotechnologies Ltd. R. Ganesh said that waste, including plastics, is being processed using over 20 machines at the plant.
One tonne of processed plastic is sold at Rs. 18,000. The leachate accumulated at the plant is stored in three tanks and would used to generate electricity.
