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BBMP plans to produce crude oil from plastic

Wednesday, 05 September 2012 04:46 administrator
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The Hindu     05.09.2012

BBMP plans to produce crude oil from plastic

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Submits report to High Court on waste management plans

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has submitted an interim report to the Karnataka High Court indicating its plans to set up a bio-methanisation plant, automated waste segregation plants and a waste-to-energy project to address the issue of garbage disposal being faced by the city.

A Division Bench of the High Court had directed the BBMP Commissioner to submit the report on the issues related to garbage disposal while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) petition, filed by city-based advocate G.R. Mohan, which complained about BBMP’s failure in garbage disposal.

The report states that to reduce menace of plastics, a technology for conversion of plastics to crude oil had been proposed and tenders for this had been finalised for conversion of 10 tonnes of waste plastic per day to crude oil under Design-Build-Operate-Transfer mode. This proposal has been submitted to the State government for approval.

Besides, the report pointed out that a bio-methanisation plant had been planned to process wet waste. “Tender has been finalised and work order was issued for 16 units of five-tonne capacity bio-methanisation plant, and the work will start shortly,” the report added.

It stated in the report that mechanised segregation of waste has been proposed along with the present manual segregation. This system could recover maximum reusable materials like plastics, metals, etc from the solid waste.

The report stated that tender had been finalised to install fully-automated plant having capacity to process 750 tonnes of waste per day under DBOT and the proposal has been sent to the government for approval.

The BBMP report said that a project of waste-to-energy had been approved by the State government under which Satarem Enterpirses Pvt Ltd would establish a plant on their own land.

Mayor moves court

City Mayor D. Venkatesh Murthy and his wife K. Prabha have moved the High Court challenging the criminal case registered against them by the Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force police station on allegations of illegal allotment of bagair hukum land. The petition is likely to come up for hearing on Wednesday.

  •  16 bio-methanisation plants of five-tonne capacity planned
  • Civic body plans mechanised segregation of waste
Last Updated on Wednesday, 05 September 2012 04:48
 

8 pvt firms ready to dispose of garbage

Tuesday, 04 September 2012 00:00 administrator
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Deccan Herald      04.09.2012

8 pvt firms ready to dispose of garbage

Bangalore,Eight private firms have come forward to scientifically dispose of garbage generated in the City, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) commissioner Rajneesh Goel said on Tuesday.

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.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 05 September 2012 08:24
 

Garbage deadline won’t go waste

Monday, 03 September 2012 04:57 administrator
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The Hindu    03.09.2012

Garbage deadline won’t go waste

BANGALORE: The BBMP chief is confident that garbage in the city will be cleared by Monday night when the three-day deadline he had set for the task ends. However, heaps of muck lying at every street corner have a different story to tell even as civic body staff removed waste from some places and sprinkled bleaching powder in the cleared spots.

Commissioner Rajneesh Goel said the first target is to clear all heaps that have piled up over the past few days. ''By Monday morning, around 3,000 tonnes of garbage will be cleared from localities in northern and southern parts of the city where I had toured till Sunday; over 5,000 tonnes will be cleared by evening. We should be able to achieve our target of clearing 7,500 tonnes of old stocks of waste by Monday night."

He said massive cleaning-up operations have been taken up in Yelahanka and South Bangalore areas, including Jayanagar, JP Nagar and Banashankari, during the weekend. "Two bins have to be distributed to people for segregating dry and wet waste. There are logistical issues in bringing this routine into effect, ward-wise and area-wise," Goel admitted.

The BBMP appears to be veering around a three-point plan to counter the endless threat from garbage: effectively implement ban on plastics, involve NGOs and resident welfare associations (RWAs) in addressing the issue and explore energy generation from waste processing.

Goel said ban on plastic will soon be implemented strictly in Bangalore and this will go a long way in solving the problems of recycling and reducing waste. "Every huge heap of garbage contains at least 10 kg of plastic of over 40-micron thickness.

We will have to simultaneously educate people to segregate, not to use plastic of more than 40 microns, and educate pourakarmikas on these issues," he added.

He is planning to meet NGOs involved in solid waste management and composting on Tuesday and resident welfare associations later in the week. "I need support from them to spread awareness on segregation of waste at source and also on plastic ban," Goel said.

BBMP has been approached by five private companies who are in the business of waste management and generating electricity and biogas from waste processing. The commissioner said he will meet the companies to check the possibilities of having more processing units to tackle the city's waste.
Last Updated on Monday, 03 September 2012 04:58
 
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