SUNYA total waste zero including setting up a bio methanation plant (1.5 TPD)
Solid waste management system has been identified as a fragile urban system in Coimbatore that is likely to be impacted adversely by the changing climate. Currently the waste management system in Coimbatore consists of door to door collection of waste and final disposal in the treatment and disposal plant at Vellalore. However, the waste collection is not segregated to the fullest extent, although the city has been trying to encourage segregation at source.
The Vellalore plant is not functioning to the fullest extent possible, and there is a large open dump in and around the plant resulting from the period when the plant was not functioning due to financial issues. A large amount of mixed waste is dumped in the disposal site that needs to be moved to an old dumpsite and the dumpsite needs to be capped scientifically.
While a lot of work needs to be done at the central processing and treatment level for the system, the city also recognizes that decentralized systems of solid waste management can help to reduce, reuse and recycle waste can be a big support to the system as a whole.
One such initiative was undertaken very successfully already in the city in ward number 23, where 100% segregated waste collection has been achieved and dry waste is recycled while the segregated wet waste is treated in the Vellalore plant. This successful pilot has been extended to two more wards – Ward 22 and 24, under CapaCITIES.
