Biomethanation Plant for Wholesale Vegetable and Fruit Market (Integrated Solid Waste Processing Facility in Indore)

Budget : NA

Innovation Type (Process/ Product): Process

About the Project:

Approximately 20-25 MT per day fruit and vegetable waste is generated in Choitram Mandi on daily basis. Earlier, the waste was collected and transported to the centralized waste processing and disposal site of IMC, which incurred heavy transportation and manpower cost. Hence, IMC under its policy of promoting decentralized treatment of organic waste established Bio-methanation plant (Bio-CNG Plant). Through a tendering process IMC appointed Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. Mumbai to establish the plant, which was commissioned in December 2017. The concession period of the project is 15 years. Presently all the fruit and vegetable waste generated at Choithram Mandi is being collected and processed in the Bio CNG plant. Approximately 800 kg of purified and compressed Bio CNG having 95% pure Methane gas is generated on a daily basis. The pressurized Bio-CNG gas is used as a fuel to operate approximately 15 city buses. Therefore, with the use of the Bio-CNG produced, there is a saving of Rs 4500 on the fuel expense of these buses which would amount to a saving of about Rs. 1.35 lakh every month. The digested slurry is passed through solid liquid separation unit. Filtered liquid is used in slurry making and the remaining solid are dried and converted into organic compost.

Sector : Solid Waste Management

Pilot City : Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Ownership : Indore Municipal Corporation

Know More : http://www.imcindore.org/ webindore/

Connect : 0731253 5555

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Solid Waste Management Practices in Urban India

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