Coconut Waste Processing Unit, Freedom Park in Bengaluru

Budget : 70 Lakhs

Innovation Type (Process/ Product): Process

About the Project:

Tender coconut shell is the toughest and heaviest single item among the biodegradable waste the BBMP collects every day. It takes long to decompose and poses a challenge to vehicles as well as pedestrians, if not collected from the streets or the sidewalks. Coconut Waste Processing Unit (CWPU) receives coconut and sugarcane waste. The agency (CIPL Resurge Private Limited) has independently geo-tagged coconut vendors and is currently collecting over 36 MT per day from major transportation hubs such as City Railway Station, Kempegowda Bus Station, and commercial areas such as City Market, Majestic, Chikpet, Binnypet, and Cottonpet. Under the arrangement, the BBMP has given on lease the land for three years behind Freedom Park, where huge mounds of discarded shells can be seen around the plant shed. If stuff is fed into the compactor which turns them into cylindrical briquettes of 90 millimeter (mm) diameter each. Shredding yields both fibrous material and sawdust. The fibrous material can be separated and sent to coir industries. The residual sawdust is fed into the briquetting machines which produces solid, black coloured briquettes.

Sector : Solid Waste Management

Pilot City : Bengaluru, Karnataka

Ownership : Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike

Know More : http://bbmp.gov.in

Connect : specialswmbbmp@gmail.com

Solutions

Best Practices

Solid Waste Management Practices in Urban India

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