In addition, the civic body is also buying around 350 new garbage compactors for its Solid Waste Management (SWM) department.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to develop dry waste collection and processing centres across Mumbai. The centres will be developed at CST, Churchgate, Colaba, Grant Road, Malabar Hills, Nana Chowk among others. Each centre is expected to process around 5 tonnes of dry waste every day.
Since the BMC has been promoting segregation of dry and wet waste and composting of wet waste at source, the present move will help citizens to manage their dry waste with ease. “There has always been a complaint that BMC does not lift dry and wet waste separately,” said a senior official from the Solid Waste Management (SWM) department of BMC.
The cost of each processing set up will vary owing to quantity it will process. "The machine will cost from Rs 2.2 lakh to 7 lakh as per capacity it will process," said an official from SWM.
“We are taking a number of measures to bring down the quantity of waste being dumped every day at dumping grounds. The question being raised by a section of society that the civic body is doing nothing in waste management does not stand,” added the official. In the last six months, the civic body has brought down daily waste generation to 7500 MT from 9400 MT.
“Everyday, the processing centre will process around 5MT dry waste,” said the official.
In addition, the civic body is also buying around 350 new garbage compactors for its Solid Waste Management (SWM) department which will have separate sections for carrying dry, wet and e-waste. This will put an end to the contract system for carrying dry and wet waste separately. The new garbage compactors will have around 85 percent space for wet waste while 10 percent space for dry waste. The remaining space will be used for the for e-waste. “With an increase in the amount of waste, it is becoming difficult to manage e-waste. The new compactor will prevent it from mixing with other waste,” added the official.
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