{"id":103034,"date":"2020-10-21T11:40:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T11:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=103034"},"modified":"2020-10-21T11:40:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T11:40:40","slug":"new-municipal-solid-waste-processing-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/new-municipal-solid-waste-processing-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"New Municipal Solid Waste Processing Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: A new Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Processing Facility has recently been developed by CSIR in collaboration with-<br><\/strong>a) IIT Kanpur<br>b) IIT Roorkee<br>c) CMERI<br>d) IISc Bengaluru<br><strong>Answer: (c)<br>Related Facts:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed a Municipal Solid Waste Processing Facility.<\/li><li>It has been developed in collaboration of the Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI).<\/li><li><strong>Highlights of the project:<\/strong><\/li><li>The CSIR-CMERI developed Municipal Solid Waste Processing Facility has helped in achieving Decentralised Decimation of Solid Wastes.<\/li><li>It has also helped in creating value-added end-products from abundantly available redundant stuffs such as Dry Leaves, Dry Grass etc.<\/li><li>The primary focus of CSIR-CMERI is to unburden the common households from the segregation responsibilities through Advanced Segregation techniques.<\/li><li>The Bio-Digestion process adopted has minimum pollution factor.<\/li><li>The MSW facility has been equipped with special capabilities to deal with a diverse range of waste including Masks, Sanitary Napkins, Diapers etc.<\/li><li>The MSW facility has been with special disinfection capabilities to help Break the COVID Chain through UV-C Lights and Hot-Air Convection methods.<\/li><li>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.<\/li><li><strong>Present waste management scenario:<\/strong><\/li><li>It is estimated that about 62 million tonnes of waste are generated annually in the country.<\/li><li>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.<\/li><li>It is projected that by 2031 MSW generation shall increase to 165 million tones.<\/li><li><strong>Issues associated with MSW management include-<\/strong><\/li><li>limited utilization of recycling activities,<\/li><li>inadequate management of non-industrial hazardous waste,<\/li><li>Inadequate landfill disposal, inadequate service coverage etc.<\/li><li>Poor MSW results in pollution of surface and groundwater (leakages from landfills), health, environmental and economic threats on nearby population and properties etc.<\/li><li>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.<\/li><li>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.<\/li><li>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.<\/li><li>This CSIR-CMERI MSW Technology envisions a Zero-Landfill and a Zero Waste City in addition to developing Job-Creation opportunities.<\/li><li>This technology will also help create a revived Green Energy reliant India.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By &#8211; Rajesh Tripathi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:-<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1665625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1665625<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: A new Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Processing Facility has recently been developed by CSIR in collaboration with-a) IIT Kanpurb) IIT Roorkeec) CMERId) IISc BengaluruAnswer: (c)Related Facts:- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed a Municipal Solid Waste Processing Facility. 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