Swachh Bharat Innovations
Swachh Bharat Mission
Innovations in Swachh Bharat
1. Sulabh International has innovated a technique to use the gas extracted from the sewage waste for running a bus
2. A contractor in Jabalpur sells processed sewage waste as ‘khaad’
3. Concept Biotech has devised a system, where segregation is the first step, biodegradable waste of every 5-10 house is composted using tumblers and the non-degradable waste is sold out
4. In some houses the organic waste from the kitchen goes to the kitchen garden and flower beds and so does the waste water
5. Shree Maa HSG Society in Pune gives all household waste plastic to an organization called Rudra which collects it on a monthly basis and recycles it to make diesel, while the sludge is given for road construction. In 6 months, more than 300 households have joined the group
6. They also give newspapers to another organization which trains under-privileged & disabled to make various sizes of strong bags, some of which are capable of carrying weights up to 20 Kgs, reducing use of plastic carry-bags and creation of wealth from waste
7. An EDMC project supported by GAIL generates 30 KW power from solid wastes of the city in dump yard of Ghazipur
8. In Malkajgiri area of Secunderabad city, GHMC (corporation) has provided green and blue dustbins so that household themselves can segregate waste and handover to the health workers
9. A company called PPCE-Hyderabad has come up with a method for Bio gas production from Vegetable waste/ organic solid waste. more