3 more waste-to-compost plants in city
NOIDA: Three more waste-to-compost plants and seven bio-methanisation plants are going to be set up in residential areas of Noida to treat waste at source, said authority officials.
The authority has received proposals from some residential sectors and is wrapping up for-malities, said officials.
The authority will set up the plant only after it gets proposals from the respective RWA (resi-dents' welfare association) or AOA (apartment owners associ-ations). Interested RWA or AOA has to fund 5% of the cost of the plant and remaining will be funded by us," said lndu Prakash Singh, officer on special duty of the Noida authority.
The sectors where these new plants are to come up will be announced after formalities are over with.
As of now, Noida has 30 waste-to-compost converters and five bio-methanisation plants which generate energy besides recycling.
Around Rs 60 lakh are spent on the development of a bio-gas plant, said officials. A waste-to-compost machine, on the other hand, costs about tl2 lakh to 326 lakh.
The authority is encouraging housing societies to be involved in the compost-making process in order to reduce the burden on the landfills in the city. The authority also rewards RWAs for this initiative to encourage them to set up more such waste-to-compost plants.