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NDMC’s green initiatives for Waste-to-
waste management steam plant

he New Delhi to Bulk Waste Generators he Ahmedabad Municipal
Municipal Council has (BWGs) practicing on-site Corporation has announced
taken proactive steps waste processing, fostering an the establishment of a
toward sustainable environment friendly community. 300-tonne-per-day solid waste
Twaste management The Corporation has put in place Tto-steam plant operating under
by establishing six community resolutions of many Service the Public-Private Partnership model.
Organic Waste Converters Level Agreements . The improved The plant is to be constructed by Surat-
in residential areas. Through daily door-to-door collection has based Steamhouse India on a 5-acre
door-to-door initiatives, organic eliminated traditional dumping plot at the Pirana Waste dumping site.
waste is collected and composted sites. These are now used in Roll Ahmedabad produces approximately
at these facilities. Over 1,500 Call centers for SafaiKarmis. 4,000 metric tonnes of solid waste daily.
households have engaged in There are also 36 GPS-enabled Utilizing the waste-to-steam (WTS)
home composting following the vehicles for Municipal Solid German technology, the project aims
distribution of composting bins Waste (MSW) collection that to establish a circular economy by
during a survey. ensure a streamlined process utilizing Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF).
NDMC has secured the and an Integrated Command and The technology, first time in India,
7th position among India’s Control Centre to monitor vehicle aims at reduced environmental impact,
cleanest cities with a population movements and provide auto low operational costs, and efficient
exceeding 1 lakh, because of tipper routes. There are six new resource utilization. According to AMC,
its waste management system Decentralized Material Recovery the project is expected to provide a
and integration of innovative Facilities and all waste is diverted more cost-effective solution for steam
technologies. Comprehensive to the Waste-to-Energy (WTE) generation compared to conventional
guidelines have been provided Plant in Okhla. waste-to-energy plants. CIJ

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