Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started sending segregated waste from the temporary transit station (TTS) near Sainik School in Gadakana to a cement factory in Rajgangpur in Sundargarh to reduce the burden of waste in the city.
BMC sources said they have been segregating a form of waste called RDF (refuse derived fuel), which primarily consists of discarded glass, wood, cotton, shoes, bags and polythene and sending it to the plant in Sundargarh, over 300km away from the capital.
RDF is a renewable energy source from which energy is produced to be used in industrial plants. The waste is shredded, dried, baled and then burned in a scientific manner to produce energy out of it. In this case, BMC is doing the shredding, drying and balling part.
“We contacted the factory during Diwali when we decided not to send the collected waste of the crackers to our waste processing facilities but to the factory. The shredding and drying part is being done at the TTS,” BMC additional commissioner (sanitation) Suvendu Sahoo said.
Sahu said so far they have processed 45,000 tonnes of waste at the TTS. “About 70% of the RDF from the TTS has been sent to the factory. From November 2, we have sent 193 loads to Sundargarh,” the sanitation officer said.
BMC insiders said a move has also been made to ensure that the burden of the waste on the TTS is reduced. The growing burden of the waste at the TTS has become a cause of concern not only for the citizens but also for the civic body officials in recent time.
The residents complained that they have developed skin rashes, stomach ache and headache among other health issues due to the bad smell of the waste. Environmentalists raised concern about the impact of the waste on air and water quality of the city.
“It is the BMC, which needs to come up with the solution. Instead of sending the waste, they should process it here and produce electricity for the city,” Acharya Vihar resident Ankit Pati said.
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BMC sources said they have been segregating a form of waste called RDF (refuse derived fuel), which primarily consists of discarded glass, wood, cotton, shoes, bags and polythene and sending it to the plant in Sundargarh, over 300km away from the capital.
RDF is a renewable energy source from which energy is produced to be used in industrial plants. The waste is shredded, dried, baled and then burned in a scientific manner to produce energy out of it. In this case, BMC is doing the shredding, drying and balling part.
“We contacted the factory during Diwali when we decided not to send the collected waste of the crackers to our waste processing facilities but to the factory. The shredding and drying part is being done at the TTS,” BMC additional commissioner (sanitation) Suvendu Sahoo said.
Sahu said so far they have processed 45,000 tonnes of waste at the TTS. “About 70% of the RDF from the TTS has been sent to the factory. From November 2, we have sent 193 loads to Sundargarh,” the sanitation officer said.
BMC insiders said a move has also been made to ensure that the burden of the waste on the TTS is reduced. The growing burden of the waste at the TTS has become a cause of concern not only for the citizens but also for the civic body officials in recent time.
The residents complained that they have developed skin rashes, stomach ache and headache among other health issues due to the bad smell of the waste. Environmentalists raised concern about the impact of the waste on air and water quality of the city.
“It is the BMC, which needs to come up with the solution. Instead of sending the waste, they should process it here and produce electricity for the city,” Acharya Vihar resident Ankit Pati said.
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