The Times Of India, Mumbai, TNN | May 2, 2016, 01.04 AM IST
MUMBAI: If the civic corporation has its way, then the food leftovers from hotels in Dadar, Parel and Lalbaug will no longer reach the dumping grounds of Mumbai. Instead the wet waste will be processed and used as fuel in the canteen of Sewri’s TB Hospital.
Some methane produced will be used for electricity generation.
With the frequent fires at the dumps of Mumbai the civic body is trying to make attempts to reduce the quantum of waste, which is reaching the wasteland. One of its plans is to instal two bio-methanization plants at Sewri’s TB Hospital.
A civic official said that the waste generated in F South ward hotels is approximately four tonnes, which can be utilized for bio-methanization plant. A joint site visit of civic officials, including the assistant commissioner of F South ward and medical superintendent of the TB Hospital, was conducted a few weeks ago and it has been agreed to run a bio-methanization plant in the campus.
The TB Hospital requires about four tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas every month and for the same they spend approximately Rs. 1.5 crore annually. BMC officials said that due to the plant the said expenses can be saved by processing hotel waste. It has also been decided that if there is any shortage of hotel waste in F South ward, then the same will be procured from the adjacent ward.
Bio-methanization is the process of methane gas generation from kitchen waste. Udaykumar Shiroorkar from BMC’s solid waste management department said, “A similar kind of plant is already set up at the BMC’s F South ward office.”
