The North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NMC) has set up 12 trommeling machine at Bhalswa landfill site for bio-mining and processing of the legacy waste. The machine will segregate 3,600 metric tonne of waste daily.
The machine will separate waste into three fractions first into light material like plastic, polythene, cloths etc and then into heavy material like 'Construction and Demolition' (C&D) waste, glass or metals etc and the remains will further be segregated the waste into soil waste, a senior NMC official said.
After segregation, some of the processed materials would be utilised in Narela Bawana 'Waste to Energy' plant and some waste will be used for making tiles and other product at C & D waste plant Burari, he added.
Biomining involves usage of separator machines which are used for separating waste material to obtain soil, plastic, wood and other components after processing.
Mayor of North Delhi Avtar Singh inspected the landfill site to check the progress on Wednesday. Mayor also directed the officials to speed up the segregation work.
The 40 acre-wide trash mountain at Bhalswa, clearly visible from the arterial GT Karnal Road, receives about 3,000 tonnes of garbage per day. It caters to no less than 50 per cent of Delhi's population, including Civil Lines, Jahangirpuri, Model Town, Kirti Nagar and even old Delhi's Chandni Chowk.
