Plant to convert wet waste to biogas starts in Sec 52
NOIDA: The Noida authority and residents’ welfare association (RWA) of Sector 52 Friday started operations of a plant that will help convert biodegradable waste into kitchen gas and electricity. The plant will recycle household waste at the generation point and also work on a sustainable model of treating waste. The RWA will recycle waste from around 3,000 households here.
The Noida authority and the RWA together spent ₹65 lakh on setting up this plant that will convert 2.5 tonnes of wet waste into fuel. The authority has spent 95% of the total expense while the RWA footed the remaining 5%.
“This plant will work on a sustainable model as the operational cost will be recovered by selling biogas. The authority or the government cannot sustain a project of this kind without the help of citizens ,” Noida authority CEO Ritu Maheshwari said.
The RWA and the authority have hired an agency that will run the plant.
“We are encouraging each household to segregate waste and hand over wet waste to the plant. We have decided to sell the biogas to the Sector 52 community centre, where functions are organised. As of now, we have not worked out the rate at which we will sell the gas, but it will help in recovering the operational cost. Apart from that, we will also sell electricity to nearby consumers. We may also sell the gas and electricity to other consumers in the future,” Ambrish Tyagi, Sector 52 RWA president, said.
The RWA will charge a monthly fee of ₹30 from each household to send and process their wet waste at this facility. The dry waste will be handed over to the Noida authority’s vendor for recycling separately.