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                  the plant generates 110-120   six members, including the   competition emerge; at the
                  units of electricity every day,   transport team) rushes to   moment, Yasasu often finds
                  a part of which is used to   neighbourhood restaurants,   itself to be the only bidder for
                  power 68 street-lights in the   which willingly hand over   projects.
                  area. By saving on the cost   their food waste.           Bhand is also working on
                  of waste transportation (to a                           a model for Vellore in Tamil
                  distant landfill) and cutting the   What’s in the future?   Nadu, in which hotel owners
                  cost of street-lighting, Poplai   At present, Yasasu is   will pay a subscription fee
                  estimates that this has saved   executing 10 projects across   to have their food waste
                  the municipal corporation   India, and has brought down   collected and transported to a
                  `12-14 lakhs in just one year   the project installation time   biogas plant on land donated
                  of operation. Plan are afoot to   down to just three months   to the Vellore municipal
                  expand beyond 68 streetlights,   (from the handover of site).   corporation. As cooking
                  and to apply this model to   Bhand wants to take his model   gas becomes more and
                  the entire ward of which Pali   to countries like Vietnam and   more expensive, the biogas
                  Hill is a part, with a plant   Oman, He is also working   produced will be compressed
                  of correspondingly bigger   on additives that will ensure   in cylinders and sold back to
                  capacity.                   adequate gas production, even   hotels at a subsidised rate, thus

                    “It is very satisfying how   if the supply of waste falls   creating a circular economy.
                  much we have achieved, and   short.                     Since this will generate funds,
                  the amount of support this    He adds that with this    hotels and the corporation
                  plant has garnered,” says   model, he wants to help define   won’t have to pay for the
                  Poplai. Even now, if the plant   standards for the waste sector;   operations and maintenance of
                  falls short of waste on a given   there are none at present.   the plant either. Well, there is
                  day, the staff (which has only   He also hopes to see healthy   one getting ready at Delhi too!  CIJ


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