Source: DD News
Context: Indore is set to launch India’s first PPP-based green waste processing plant under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban.
- The initiative aims to convert green waste into eco-friendly products and promote sustainable waste management.
About India’s first PPP-based green waste processing plant:
- What it is:
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- A Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model waste processing facility for converting green waste into eco-resources.
- Aim of the initiative:
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- To process green waste (wood, leaves, branches, flowers) into pellets and sawdust, replacing coal and supporting clean energy goals.
- Key features:
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- Partnered with Astronomical Industries Private Limited.
- Converts waste into wooden pellets, sawdust, and biodegradable products.
- End products: eco-friendly fuels, packaging materials, biodegradable plates, fertilizers.
- Reduces pollution, improves Air Quality Index (AQI), and contributes to energy conservation.
About Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-Urban):
- Launched in: Launched on 2nd October 2014.
- Ministry: Implemented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).
- Aim: To achieve universal sanitation coverage and maintain cleanliness across urban areas.
- Features:
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- Focus on waste management, open-defecation free (ODF) cities, and sanitation infrastructure.
- Promotes construction of gender-specific toilets in public spaces to address gender disparity.
- Indirect benefits: improved health, increased girl child enrollment in schools.
- Components:
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- SBM-Urban 1.0 (2014–2019): Focused on making all urban areas ODF.
- SBM-Urban 2.0 (launched 2021): Targeting bioremediation of 2,400 legacy landfill sites by 2025–26.
- Legacy waste is converted into refuse derived fuel (RDF), recyclable material, and bio-soil for road construction.
