Composting of Flower Waste (Brook and Blooms)

Budget : 12 Lakhs

Innovation Type (Process/ Product): Process

About the Project:

“Brook and Blooms”, a partnership firm of Yash Bhatt & Arjun Thakkar, has been carrying out research in sustainable management of waste generated from religious premises since 2015. AMC has provided 100 yards land to Brooks & Bloom on operational basis. However, no rent or lease needs to be paid to the corporation. The infrastructure with few initial equipment was set up by AMC. Other costs have been taken over by Brook and Blooms. The flower waste is manually segregated and directed to the shredder in which it is shredded into particles of 2 cm size. Following this, the shredded matter is channelized into the mixing unit through a conveyor belt, where it is mixed with water and culture for around 10 minutes. The mixture is turned every 8 days for 20 days followed by intermittent drying. The dried mixture is then screened mechanically through 4mm screens and packed in packs of 750 g each. Currently the facility has the capacity to process 100 kg of waste in an hour. The waste is collected from the “Kalash” (pot) placed by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on the 8 bridges of Sabarmati river and also from “Pipal Kalash” which is placed in around 50 temples of Ahmedabad. Total quantity of waste collected amounts to 18 MT per day on an average. This waste is brought to the facility at Victoria Garden, Ellis Bridge. It is further segregated and only 0.9 MT is found suitable for making compost. The compost thus generated is partly sold to AMC (50%) and partly to the temples.

Sector : Solid Waste Management

Pilot City : Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Ownership : Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation

Know More : http://www.letsrecycle.in/

Connect : info@ahmedabadcity.gov.in

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Solid Waste Management Practices in Urban India

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