MMC Turns Hotel Food Waste into Cooking Gas for Indiramma Canteen
The corporation expects the initiative to serve as a model for bulk waste generators such as hotels, hospitals, educational institutions and residential welfare associations.
Hyderabad: Food waste generated by hotels around the Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (MMC) headquarters is being converted into cooking gas for the Indiramma canteen on its premises, giving discarded food a productive use.
The corporation has installed a biogas plant with a capacity to process 125 kg of food waste daily. The gas generated is supplied to the canteen operated by women's self-help groups, while the liquid fertiliser produced is used for landscaping and horticulture.
The facility can generate biogas equivalent to six commercial LPG cylinders a month and three kilolitres of liquid organic fertiliser. It is also expected to reduce carbon emissions by around 4.5 tonnes monthly.
MMC Commissioner T. Vinay Krishna Reddy and CSIR-IICT director Srinivas Reddy inaugurated the facility on Thursday. Established in collaboration with KHAR Energy Optimizers, the plant uses patented AGR technology developed by CSIR-IICT.
The corporation expects the initiative to serve as a model for bulk waste generators such as hotels, hospitals, educational institutions and residential welfare associations.