The clear trend in the outbreak of epidemic and public protests against
waste dumping in India is that they are happening in the biggest cities in
their respective regions. Kolkata, Bengaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, and Srinagar
are capitals of their respective states, and Coimbatore and Kochi are the large
cities in the Tamil Nadu and Kerala
A recent paper on waste management issues in India by researchers at the
Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council (WTERT), Earth engineering
centre, Columbia University, New York points out that waste management has
become a major unifying factor leading to public demonstrations all across
India, after corruption, fuel prices.
The
inability to provide immediate solutions to waste management in these cities is
not the crisis; the true crisis is yet to come. Not just ten or fifteen, but
there are 71 cities which generate more waste than Thiruvananthapuram (310
tonnes per day), and also have limited resources to handle it. It is expected
that an average of 32,000 people will be added to urban India every day during
the next decade through 2021. This number is a warning, considering how India's
waste management infrastructure failed to cope with just 25,000 new urban
Indians during the last decade.
Instant waste to manure converter is an effective way in which we can
handle the issue. It is a sequentially controlled stage wise processing of
waste. The machines and patented chemical developed by Kerala Agricultural
University instantly convert the waste to manure. It not only solves the waste
issue but also benefits the agricultural industries which are relying more on
chemical fertilizers. This project is a game
changer by solving two issues at same time – waste management problem and urban
farming.
Major Advantages of the technology
Quick processing of waste at places of generation
No dumping of waste
No leachate, odor or by products
Need only a small area for processing
Helps in carbon capture & storage
Scope for Site – Specific fortification of deficient plant nutrients