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FROM THE EDITOR'S PEN

Waste (leads) to wealth creation

or the fourth consecutive time, Indore was ranked India's cleanest city With its robotic
Ftechnology, the plant, spread over an area of four acres, segregates dry waste items like
plastic, glass and metal. Waste management is the only way out as it uses waste as a resource
by either using it as a co-fuel or co-raw material in manufacturing processes. This has led to
rise of Public Private Partnership (PPP) models in waste management which has open doors
for doing business in waste management.

Waste management is something that each and every household and business owner in the
world needs. Waste management disposes of the products and substances that you have use
in a safe and efficient manner. Talking about Indore Indore, which has been adjudged the
cleanest city in the country three times in a row, has been earning about Rs four crore annually
by putting garbage to good use.
A private company has invested Rs 30 crore under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode
by setting up a plant to process 300 tonnes of dry waste through artificial intelligence, told
Asad Warsi, the Centre’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’s adviser for Indore Municipal Corporation
(IMC). With its robotic technology, the plant, spread over an area of four acres, segregates Mr. Rajiv B.Tolat
dry waste items like plastic, glass and metal. As per an agreement, the firm has been paying
Rs 1.51 crore premium from its profit to the IMC and the IMC has been producing compost and
bio-CNG fuel from the wet waste, Warsi said. Besides, the construction and demolition waste
is being turned into bricks, tiles and other stuff, which fetches the civic body Rs 2.5 crore
annually. The IMC has given the task of garbage collection to three NGOs.
In the first phase, these NGOs have started collecting dry waste from 22,000 households by
paying Rs 2.5 per kg of waste to the house owner. Besides, these NGOs have been paying a
premium to the IMC as per the terms and conditions on which they have been handed over the
work. Nearly 1,200 tonnes of waste, comprising 550 tonnes of wet waste and 650 tonnes of dry
waste, was being disposed of daily in Indore, which has population of about 35 lakh providing
'Job' opportunity. If one looks at it there is a need to develop such an ecosystem that would
lead the way forward for the betterment and an overall waste management system in place.

Yes, managing one’s own waste is the new mantra for wealth creation and the message was
loud enough at the 11th edition PVI 2020 held during 16-20 January, 2020 that witnessed a
huge participation and with the induction of Dana Bazaar recycling is the buzz word for sure.

Rajiv B.Tolat
Hon. Editor
publication@aipma.net

9 Januar y 2020 Plastics News