Solid Waste Management
Solid Waste Management
● Metal
Recycling
on the vacant plots whereas the rest 34% of the industries do
not produce any waste material as such and utilize their waste
product again in further production. FIG-Present Status of Solld Waste Disposal In Bawana
Industrial Estate 2021: This landfill has 12.8HA area & currently operating.
FIG- Waste to Energy conversion process
The estimated quantily of Sold Waste generation in the How a waste to energy plant works-
proposed complex would be around 127.20 TPD. Disposal will 2041: The composting plant at Okhla would have 200
be by composting in composting yard and the balance by TPD & the waste to energy plant would have 1800 TPD
transferring to MCD landfill site at Bhalaswa, which is 15 km 1) Garbage is collected. capacity. The landfill would have 18.6HA of land.raph text
from the industrial complex.
2) Waste is delivered to the site's storage bunker.
Types of Solid Waste Estimated quantity of Solid Waste generation = 127.20 TPD
Present Processing at Narela-Bawana = 2000 TPD 3) Waste is fed into a combustion chamber and burned at high
temperature.
FIG- Burning of Solld Waste on vacant plots of Bawana
Methods to manage Solid Waste =
Industrial Area
Organic Waste
1)COMPOSTING 4) Heat boils water in surrounding pipes to make steam. Concerns Regarding WTE plants:
10%
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Managed by- North DMC
5) Steam turns a turbine generator to produce electricity.
Project violets city zoning law which has zoned the site for
Plastic, Metal, Paper 2)WASTE TO ENERGY composting purpose only.
Capacity- 1500 TPD 6) Electricity is used for heating the plant or sent to the grid.
● It stands in violation with municipal solid waste act 2000.
Organic Waste 7) Gases are fed through air pollution control equipment that cools,
collects and cleans the gases. ● It emits harmful emission in middle of settlement.
Rest ● It discourages citizens from segregating wastes.