Will take 2 years to stop dumping waste at TTS: Officials
This indicates that around 300 metric tonnes of waste out of a total of 800 MT is processed at the micro composting centres (MCC)s and material recovery facilities (MRF)s. Officials said that including the proposed waste-to-methane project, the upcoming mega MRF and other methods of on-spot waste processing, it will take BMC at least another two years to stop dumping at TTS.
Wet waste, which constitutes 60% of the total solid waste, is processed at MCCs, while dry waste is processed at MRFs.
People living near the TTS have been opposing the dumping and in-situ processing of waste at the facility due to the stench.
"Now MCCs and MRFs take care of 300 MT of waste. The proposed bio-methane plant will require 200 MT of waste. Additionally, the conversion of waste into refuse-derived fuel (RDF) at TTS helps dispose of around 100 MT daily, which is sent to a cement factory. The remaining waste is being processed through the windrows method to get rid of the stench.
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But, to close the TTS completely, all the factors have to work in tandem," said BMC assistant commissioner N Ganesh Babu.
Earlier, sanitation workers of BMC visited Indore to learn about the ways they convert waste into energy. The exposure visit helped them learn the entire process, starting from waste segregation at source, handling green waste and shredding machine, environment in the plant, managing stores and other aspects of the methane unit.
BMC officials said Indore has set up a successful model of turning segregated municipal waste into methane gas. The Indore civic body is selling the methane gas and, in turn, using the amount in other civic works and in different aspects of solid waste management.
Through bio-mining, 10 lakh tonnes of legacy waste were processed and landfilled. After the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed all civic bodies in India in 2021 to stop the practice, BMC stopped waste transportation to Daruthenga, a dump site on the city's outskirts, and started MCCs and MRFs. But the mountain of remaining legacy waste is being cleared through bio-mining.
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