Jaiswal said, "Initially, the plant with a capacity of 10 metric tonnes will be functional at Kopri east. Once the set-up is ready, the NGO will provide one tonne electricity for free to Chhatrapati Shivaji Hospital for a year."
Civic chief Sanjeev Jaiswal has taken an eco-friendly decision by giving a green signal to bio-CNG projects, and energy production through wood, coal and others.
With these projects in place, wet waste generated at hotels, vegetable markets and other places will be taken care of. City-based NGO Samarth Bharat Vyas Peeth has been asked to set-up the first such plant at Kopri east on a contract of 10 years.
Jaiswal said, "Initially, the plant with a capacity of 10 metric tonnes will be functional at Kopri east. Once the set-up is ready, the NGO will provide one tonne electricity for free to Chhatrapati Shivaji Hospital for a year."
He has also given instructions to repair the 15-tonne biomethanation plant at Shivaji Hospital and establish a new plant with a capacity of 25 metric tonne. This will take care of more wet waste generated on a daily basis at hotels and nearby vegetable markets.
For production of energy through coal and wood the corporation has borrowed technology from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. The corporation will incur Rs6 crore and the finance would be taken care of through Corporate Social Responsibility. After a period of 20 years, the energy will be available at discounted rate for people and industries.
The detailed calculation of amount of energy generated in the process reveals that 630 cubic metre of bio-CNG energy can be used to run CNG vehicles. Thane has been facing severe problem of dumping ground and biogas plant and biocompost is the best alternative. To reduce the daily produce of garbage, there are many housing societies that are segregating wet and dry waste.
The green waste is used to generate methane and other gases which is ultimately converted into other products like electricity and compost.
Waste segregation
NGO Samarath Bharat Vyas Peeth through various campaign has increased awareness about dry and wet waste segregation
Most posh housing societies practice waste segregation
TMC collects 100 metric tonnes of wet waste from the city
TMC plans to increase the processing of wet waste to 300 metric tonnes in coming days
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