Bihar-based startup develops decentralised biomedical waste incinerator

Buxar-based startup Ganesh Engineering Works has developed a decentralised biomedical waste incinerator. This technology was selected through the Biomedical Waste Treatment Innovation Challenge launched in June 2020 by the Waste to Wealth Mission. Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India Prof. K Vijay Raghavan virtually inaugurated the decentralised biomedical waste incinerator at Buxar Municipality, Bihar. The pilot installed in Buxar is a portable, forced draft incinerator capable to handle 50 kg of biomedical waste made of cotton, plastic, or similar materials per hour (5kg per batch), with the provision of waste heat recovery. The unit requires a two square meter area and requires only 0.6 kWh electricity for initial ignition of the waste with an option of auto electricity turn off. The startup plans to use insights from the operational phase and further refine the technology and explore manufacturing partnerships for scale-up.