Tanzania can emulate India in converting solid waste into biogas
What you need to know:
- Management of waste is increasingly becoming a big challenge not only for Tanzania but also for the rest of the world, with India and some countries coming up with new solutions to dispose of tonnes of it on a daily basis.
Pune. Tanzania can borrow a leaf from India’s solid waste solution by converting food and fruit waste into compressed biogas for vehicles.
Management of waste is increasingly becoming a big challenge not only for Tanzania but also for the rest of the world, with India and some countries coming up with new solutions to dispose of tonnes of it on a daily basis.
The general manager of Noble Exchange, the company that provides integrated environmental solutions, Ashvin Zambare, told journalists during a media study tour on alternative energy that through compressed biogas (CBG), India envisages to produce 15 million metric tonnes (MMT) of CBG by 2023–24 from 5,000 CBG plants.
“We have an agreement with Pune Municipal to supply us with waste for processing and producing renewable energy to create a better world,” he said.
He said waste bio-mass sources like agricultural residue, including fruits and foods from municipalities, produce biogas (methane) that is supplied to gas stations for vehicles and industries.
He noted that the citizens are advised to separate food and fruit waste from other home waste, and the municipality transfers it to the company for the production of biogas.
“They even provide transport that is paid to us on a monthly basis to ensure the waste reaches our company,” he stressed.
On his part, Uday Fuel Service Dealer, Kiran Pensalwar, said they receive the gas through distiller units and sell it to customers.
