New Municipal Solid Waste Processing Facility

Shashank Raj Gupta

Question: A new Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Processing Facility has recently been developed by CSIR in collaboration with-
a) IIT Kanpur
b) IIT Roorkee
c) CMERI
d) IISc Bengaluru
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:-

  • Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed a Municipal Solid Waste Processing Facility.
  • It has been developed in collaboration of the Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI).
  • Highlights of the project:
  • The CSIR-CMERI developed Municipal Solid Waste Processing Facility has helped in achieving Decentralised Decimation of Solid Wastes.
  • It has also helped in creating value-added end-products from abundantly available redundant stuffs such as Dry Leaves, Dry Grass etc.
  • The primary focus of CSIR-CMERI is to unburden the common households from the segregation responsibilities through Advanced Segregation techniques.
  • The Bio-Digestion process adopted has minimum pollution factor.
  • The MSW facility has been equipped with special capabilities to deal with a diverse range of waste including Masks, Sanitary Napkins, Diapers etc.
  • The MSW facility has been with special disinfection capabilities to help Break the COVID Chain through UV-C Lights and Hot-Air Convection methods.
  • It has also been achieved optimum Energy Sufficiency in the MSW facility by adding the solar energy technology, which can also feed the surplus Energy Supply onto a Mini-Grid.
  • Present waste management scenario:
  • It is estimated that about 62 million tonnes of waste are generated annually in the country.
  • Only about 75- 80% of the municipal waste gets collected and out of this only 22-28 % is processed and treated and rest is dumped in landfill sites.
  • It is projected that by 2031 MSW generation shall increase to 165 million tones.
  • Issues associated with MSW management include-
  • limited utilization of recycling activities,
  • inadequate management of non-industrial hazardous waste,
  • Inadequate landfill disposal, inadequate service coverage etc.
  • Poor MSW results in pollution of surface and groundwater (leakages from landfills), health, environmental and economic threats on nearby population and properties etc.
  • Government had notified the new Solid Waste Management Rules (SWM), 2016 which are applicable beyond Municipal areas and extend to urban agglomerations, census towns, notified industrial townships etc.
  • Decentralised Waste Management technology developed by CSIR-CMERI can result in drastic reduction of expenditure related to Transportation Logistics and can help reductions in CO2 emissions, by reducing fossil fuel usage.
  • The Scientifically Decentralised Waste Processing Hubs will help multiply outreach for various locations and will also boost the manufacturing potential for the residents of the region.
  • This CSIR-CMERI MSW Technology envisions a Zero-Landfill and a Zero Waste City in addition to developing Job-Creation opportunities.
  • This technology will also help create a revived Green Energy reliant India.

By – Rajesh Tripathi

Links:-
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1665625