A best possible way to manage our waste is to generate energy out of it, this could be in the form of electricity or heat. Waste-to-energy is one of the efficient ways for sustainable cities to manage its solid waste and energy problems.
In a first of its recycling project, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) will draw power created from waste items on its grounds. The college, which is over 100 years old, will before long have a plant creating 3.5 megawatts (MW) power every day from solid waste. This waste, including restorative waste, cultivation waste, metal, and glass will be gathered from the 1,360-section of land BHU grounds.
BHU utilizes 16MW power each day. After this plant is operational, 3.5MW power will originate from here in addition to the 6.5MW produced from sun based power every day as of now. This will prompt significant sparing in power bills for the college.
“The university will not only be the first one in the state but arguably the first in the country to generate power from campus waste, and save on hefty electricity bills,” said vice-chancellor Prof Rakesh Bhatnagar.
The NITI Aayog, as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission, envisages 800 megawatts from WTE plants by 2018-19, which is 10 times the capacity of all the existing WTE plants put together. About 1.43 lakh tons every day of (TPD) metropolitan strong waste (MSW) is produced the nation over. Of this, 1.11 lakh TPD (77.6%) is gathered and 35,602 TPD (24.8%) handled.
Also, India produces near 25,940 TPD of plastic misuse of which 15,342 stays uncollected, as per the Central Pollution Control Board. According to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, MSW age will arrive at 4.5 lakh TPD by 2031 and 11.9 lakh TPD by 2050. The WTEs have additionally activated far-reaching insult among natives. For example, there has been a nonstop dissent against the Okhla WTE plant for contaminating nature.
The initiative by the BHU has inspired other Colleges and institutions to work on the sustainable energy sources and to create eco-friendly electricity.
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