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The Waste-to-Energy works successful Bidadi is susceptible of generating powerfulness for astir 1 lakh households successful the metropolis if root segregation of discarded is efficaciously implemented, said Karee Gowda, Chief Executive Officer of Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML).
The works was established astatine a outgo of ₹314.74 crore by the erstwhile Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL).
“The works generates 11.5 MW of energy a day. Considering that each household consumes an mean of 5 units of powerfulness a day, the works tin proviso energy to astir 25,000 homes,” said Mr. Gowda.
Bengaluru generates astir 6,000 metric tonnes of discarded each day, of which an estimated 35% is plastic. Recyclable integrative is reused done the Dry Waste Collection Centres (DWCCs), portion low-grade integrative discarded is sent to the Bidadi works for processing.
At present, astir 400 tonnes of refuse-derived substance (RDF), comprising segregated bequest discarded from Mandur and worldly from adust discarded postulation centres, are being supplied daily, on with 200 tonnes of household-segregated adust oregon integrative discarded — totalling 600 tonnes a day.
The BSWML aims to summation the proviso of segregated adust discarded from households to 500 tonnes a time by the extremity of November.
“Earlier, astir of the city’s mixed discarded was sent straight to landfills. Now, with mandatory root segregation astatine the household level, the RDF is being separated and sent to the Bidadi plant,” Mr. Gowda said. “As a result, the fig of compactors transporting discarded to landfills has reduced from 390 to 340 implicit the past month,” helium added.
Officials person urged citizens to segregate bedewed and adust discarded astatine location and manus them implicit separately to auto-tippers during collection. This signifier greatly contributes to the occurrence of waste-to-energy initiatives.
Since the works became operational successful June 2024, it has processed 1,68,036 metric tonnes of discarded and generated 54.29 cardinal units of electricity, according to a KPCL official.
