IOCL to set up biomethanation plant in Noida

Noida is planning to open a biomethanation plant with the support of Indian Oil at the Sector 145 dumping ground to treat around 1.8 lakh tonnes of legacy waste. Bio-remediation of the legacy waste is already underway and Noida Authority claims to have converted 3 lakh tonnes of waste since then into manure.

“Of the garbage that is collected, 15% is non-biodegradable and sent to RDF plants to be used as fuel. Also, 75% of the waste is used for organic bioremediation. The rest of the garbage is segregated as unusable waste. Indian Oil has agreed to build a methane plant on the site at no cost. Work on the same is expected to start soon. They will manufacture compressed natural gas at the plant,” Subhash Mishra, Senior Project Engineer (Public Health) informed The Times of India.