BMC’s 1st waste-to-energy plant starts ops at Mumbai’s Haji Ali

Will process 2 MT of wet waste to generate 300 units of power per day

The BMC has commissioned its first mini waste-to-energy plant at Haji Ali, which will convert two metric tonnes of wet waste into 300 units of electricity per day. The power generated at the Rs 95-lakh plant will be used for street-lighting of the area and lighting a local garden.

The two metric tonnes per day capacity waste-to-energy bio-methanation plant has been installed on an abandoned space behind the municipal chowky and toilet block at Haji Ali.

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The Haji Ali plant will need around 2,000 litres of water per day to process two metric tonnes of wet waste.

Mumbai generates 7,000-8,000 metric tonnes of garbage every day. The BMC sends solid waste to dumping grounds in Deonar and Kanjurmarg; it has already begun the process of scientific closure of the Mulund dumping ground.