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Dhapa plant to turn 120-tonne dry waste into wealth per day

1 2 Kolkata: Three units have been launched at the Dhapa dumpyard that will be able to process 120 tonnes of dry waste every day. Apart from a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) plant, which has the capacity to process 100 tonnes of dry waste daily, mayor Firhad Hakim inaugurated a plastic processing facility and a thermocol processing unit, each with the capacity to process 10 tonnes per day. The MRF will start functioning from Wednesday and is expected to boost the city's waste segregation system, which is yet to gain the desired momentum. Hakim also placed advance bookings for 200 plastic chairs and tables for a Chetla-based govt school. These will be manufactured at the plastic processing plant from waste plastic. "I am happy that we were able to set up such a modern MRF facility and plastic processing unit. I have booked 200 plastic chairs and tables, which I expect will be a rare initiative for a school. This MRF plant will go a long way towards waste management in our city," he said. Debabrata Majumdar, member, mayor-in-council overseeing the solid waste management department, said the thermocol unit will process tonnes of thermocol collected daily from the city's major fish markets. "Both plastic and thermocol not only pose environmental hazards, but also choke the city's underground drainage system. We will try to augment the capacity of the processing plants," said Majumdar. You Can Also Check: Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata KMC is also trying to resume the extraction of legacy waste that has come to a halt at the dumping ground. Apart from 4,500 tonnes of waste from 144 KMC wards, Dhapa takes 500-tonne garbage from Salt Lake, New Town, and Panihati. KMC was also told to take 300 tonnes from Howrah.