Pune deploys “plug and key” units for dry waste segregation

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has deployed “plug and key” units for dry waste segregation in the city.

The new units installed on vehicles with different types of mesh attached with a conveyor belt will segregate dry garbage. Post segregation of garbage, the residue will be sent to scientific landfilling in Uruli Devachi garbage depot which is permissible as per National Green Tribunal (NGT) order.

The civic administration claims that it is the first kind of mobile project in the city and will operate in Ramtekadi industrial area on PMC’s land, reports The Hindustan Times.

Kunal Khemnar, additional municipal commissioner, said, “The project will save time, money, and minimum manpower. There will be no civil work to set up the plant. It will start just to plug and key and the processing will be done on machines. We need only fuel to run the machine.”

Madhav Jagtap, deputy municipal commissioner, solid waste management department, said, “The project will run on two mobile vans. It doesn’t require much land like other garbage processing plants. At present, we cannot dump garbage at Uruli garbage depot as per NGT order. So, we will segregate the garbage and use it for different purposes. The contractor will make refuse-derived fuel (RDF) from the residue of garbage.

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