Aafrin Kidwai 
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s Solid Waste Management (SWM) department will now be using the plasma technology to dispose of domestic hazardous waste such as used sanitary pads, diapers, cosmetics, wires, make-up kits, oil paints, perfume and other bottles, waste or expired medicines and kits, batteries and other e-garbage.
The department will also be using e-garbage vehicles to pick up the domestic hazardous waste (e-garbage and chemical waste). The tenders for the same will be floated soon and the department will also be carrying out the awareness programme for citizens to identify the material considered domestic (household) hazardous waste and also explain the importance of the segregation at the house itself.
According to an official who spoke to Mumbai Mirror, plasma technology-based plants will be set up at three places in Mumbai – Andheri, Dharavi and Malad. The machines have already been procured, and the project will start in a few days. Now, besides wet and dry waste, citizens will have to separate domestic (household) hazardous waste which will be disposed in these plants.
As the landfill capacity depletes in the city, the SWM unit of the civic body has been taking several measures to reduce the quantity at the dumping grounds.
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