ATTINGAL MUNICIPALITY
SET UP WASTE PROCESSING UNIT
The Attingal Municipality is gearing up to try out a new form of waste processing which will require less space and will be more eco-friendly.
As per the ‘container composting method, solid waste will be collected in one large vessel similar to the containers used for shipping goods. Air and moisture will be passed in to the vessel at a regular interval for 30 days, at the end of which the waste will be converted in to manure.
The existing method requires 80 sq m of area to process one tonne of waste. Two containers which will be installed on a trial basis in October 2010, each of which can process 15 tonnes will occupy only 165 sq m.
‘Since the containers are completely air tight, there will be no odour around them a problem common to solid waste treatment facilities is the leakage of leachate. Here the leachate will come out only through a designated pipeline.
Attingal generates close to 17 tons of garbage a day.8 to 20 percent of this non bio degradable. The municipality has drawn up plans to set up biogas plants and vermin composting facilities in houses and other institutions so that it can eventually cap the amount of garbage reaching its treatment plants.
The treatment plants at Attingal now produce more than 3 tonnes of fertilizer a day which costs the Municipality Rs 4 a kg.
Prof.John Kurakar
No comments:
Post a Comment