Revolution in waste management and processing in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has launched the first waste-to-energy plant for Ahmedabad city having a capacity of 1000 metric tons per day.

Waste-to-Energy
This waste-to-energy plant having a capacity of 15 MW has processed around 2 lakh metric tons of solid waste till date. Out of this, 806.83 lakh kWh of electricity has been generated and supplied to Torrent Power Grid for citizens’ use. The waste-to-energy plant has so far prevented the use of 484.1 lakh kg of coal, thereby preventing 1.26 lakh metric tons of carbon dioxide from being emitted into the air.

By not dumping 1000 metric tons of solid waste per day in the open, an estimated 7104 metric tons of methane gas has also been prevented from being emitted into the air, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

This power generation plant is also providing employment to more than 250 local people.

C&D Waste
The city also has a plant at Gayaspur that collects and processes 1000 metric tonnes of C&D waste generated daily. After processing, useful items like paver blocks, concrete and precast walls are made. Last year, this processing plant processed 2,52,000 metric tonnes of C&D waste and produced 11,252 paver block bars, 24,750 running metres of pre-cast walls, 89,000 compressed clay blocks, 18,500 running metres of kerb stones, 7,500 cubic metres of ready mix concrete, 14,800 metric tonnes of river sand, 5,300 metric tonnes of stone dust, 20,750 metric tonnes of fine sand and an estimated 41,710 metric tonnes of aggregates and 62,500 metric tonnes of brick aggregates. These are used in various development projects of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. 1,02,400 metric tonnes of material has been used as road sub-base and a total of 1,93,393 metric tonnes of material has been saved due to processing and production of the above end products, which includes 29,504 metric tonnes of sand and 61,489 metric tonnes of gravel.

95,790 litres of petroleum products have been saved for transportation and generation of harmful gases polluting the atmosphere has been prevented.