Contract for 600 TPD Integrated Waste Project in Raipur, India

03 September 2012 Bangalore, India based waste management company, Kivar Environ, which also specialises in managing waste water, has signed a Concession Agreement with Raipur Municipal Corporation for the implementation of Integrated City Sanitation and Municipal Solid Waste Management Project in Raipur. The company said that the project is Design, Build, Operated, Finance and Transfer project based on Public Private Partnership (PPP) model. Kivar Environ added that it has formed a special purpose vehicle named Raipur Waste Management Private Limited (RWMPL) to implement the Integrated City Sanitation and Municipal Solid Waste Management Project. Under the contract RWMPL will deliver the project in two phases. In the first phase it will provide city sanitation such as street sweeping and cleaning of drains. It will also be responsible for primary and secondary collection of waste including door-to-door collection. According the company it will also provide secondary transportation of waste to transfer stations & processing facility, as well as deliver comprehensive Information Education and Communication (IEC) activities covering all strata of the society for effective environment management In the second phase the company said that it will be undertaking: EIA & preliminary investigations at the processing and disposal facility site Design, engineering, construction, operation & maintenance of a waste processing facility with advanced technology Design, engineering, construction, operation & maintenance of scientifically engineered sanitary landfill facility Post closure monitoring of landfill The company explained that its planned IEC drive will included door-to-door awareness raising and other educational efforts to promote the benefits of handling waste effectively. The project is expected to be capable of handling around 600 tonnes per day of municipal solid waste rising at 3% per annum. Read More Plan for Biogas Plants at State Institutions in Chandigarh, India Chandigarh is a city and union territory in India that serves as the capital of two states, Punjab and Haryana is to implement a Master Plan that will see the construction of a large number of food waste to biogas facilities. Waste to Energy Ready for Liftoff in India With its large and increasingly wealthy and population, India is currently producing some 55 million tonnes of solid waste and a further 38 billion litres of sewage each year, excluding industrial wastes, making it ripe for waste to energy technologies to develop rapidly, according to a recent report. Unilever Utilises Pyrolysis to Create Fuel from Sachet Packaging Developed in India Consumer products manufacturing giant, Unilever (LSE: ULVR and NYSE: UL) is developing pyrolysis technology to make it economically viable to recover fuel from the difficult to treat laminate sachet packaging used for a growing number of products in. Free Magazine Subscription Free Email Newsletter