The Mysore Corporation- A role model for Waste Management

450 ton waste and 150 MLD of polluted water is produced daily in Mysore city. What would have been the condition if these circumstances prevailed in our state? The dumped wastes would produce a very foul smell. Then all these wastes would have been collected and thrown in to some poor village. Then that area would become a hell with all sorts of contagious diseases. But what Mysore did is entirely different. The enchanting method of producing income from wastes!

It has become sure that in recent future the waste refining scheme of Mysore Corporation would change into a tourist centre. This scheme now pervades in an area of 22 acres. The reason for this is that there are no flies, mosquitos or even a foul smell produced in this area where a huge amount of waste is dumped daily. The Mysore Corporation is liable only to a bio solution named organic solutions for this.

Mysore Waste Refining Model

 A bio solution produced by a private firm in Mysore is used for the past three and a half years for refining the waste in Mysore Corporation. What ever type the waste may be, it will stop its foul smell within 20 minutes. It’s done by diluting this solution and spraying it over the waste. There won’t be any problem of flies and mosquitoes. After 40 days this waste will change into a fantastic bio fertiliser. Even the waste water from toilets can be made pure by the usage of this solution.

The wastes coming to this centre even include plastic. As soon as the wastes are dumped in to this refinery ground a mixture of organic solutions, water and jaggery are added into it in the ratio of 1 litre: 5 litre: 100 gm, is sprayed into it. Then with the help of machineries plastic is extracted from it.

It will change into a fantastic bio fertiliser after preserving it for a period of 40 days. Even if we take it with our bare hand, there wont be any wastes or even a foul smell.40 ton of bio fertiliser is produced here daily. Many prominent companies have kept their sacks, with their brand names ready at this refinery. The bio fertiliser is filled directly in to these sacks and sold at a rate of Rs.280 per sack. The corporation is planning to sell this directly in their own brand name, ‘The Mysore Gold’.

Want to Drink Waste Water?

Through drainage sources waste water even from Chamundy hills is brought in to this refinery and centred in one of its part. A pipe is connected from the tank so as to pour the diluted organic solutions into this waste  water. After the addition of this solution the waste water is passed through three tanks. The water we get through this after 72 hours is very pure. Authorities say that, this water if refined once more could be used for drinking.

Since there is no scarcity of water in Mysore it is not used for drinking there. This water is given back to five villages in Chamundy hills and horse race area, through Mysore Dalvoik Lake for the purpose of irrigation. The pump set required for this purpose is also made available here. The people living in that area say that the flats and buildings surrounding this refinery are being sold at great rates. It’s a proof that indicates, there is no foul smell or any environmental problems from the refinery.

Mysore Model Cost Calculations- Very Low Expenses

The cost of refining one ton waste into bio fertiliser is just Rs.450. Only five litres of organic solutions that cost Rs.90 is required. According to the calculations of Mysore a cost of Rs.3800 is required for refining 10 ton of waste.

To refine waste water the cost is Rs.4 per 1000 litre. The corporation is selling this refined water at a rate of Rs.1.80 per 1000 litre. The cost of the solution used to refine the waste water is Rs.22 per litre. There are also other bio solutions to refine wastes from houses, toilets and latrine wastes. The Mysore Corporation uses the organic solution produced by JMS Biotech.

A Saving of Rs.60 lakh in Electricity Bill!

There is a profit of Rs.60 lakh per year for Mysore Corporation in electricity charges. It is because of the use of organic solutions in the refinery of wastes . Earlier there were machineries cost crores that were connected with 38 motors in the Mysore corporation. But now only the machinery used for the separation of plastic waste is being used. The other machineries are not needed now.
Foe refining 145 MLD of waste water there are only two workers. It’s because all the other steps except adding of organic solution are all done naturally. The speciality of adding this solution to waste water is that dirt would not get accumulated beneath it.

Next in Kerala…

Many native organisations in Kerala are trying to accept Mysore Corporation as a model in the refining of wastes. The first group that came forward to study the Mysore model was Keezhoor-Chavassery panchayath of Kannur district. The representatives of Mepayoor and Farook panchayaths in Kochi Corporation have also decided to come forward to copy this model. A private hospital at Kozhikode has already started applying this method for waste refining.

For More Information

To know more about this topic please contact Green Kerala bio science at Kozhikode.

Organic Fuel Oven - Environment Friendly Impurity Refining Model

‘Organic Fuel Oven’, an environment friendly impurity refining unit has made it possible to refine the impurities in the same place where it originates. For the same reason this unit has become well known. The organic fuel oven has been developed with the aim of preserving energy along with impurity refining. This unit has been developed and designed by J.Rajendran, who has been working in this field for about thirty five years.

How It Works

Organic fuel oven can be constructed close to our house. An organic fuel oven is a combination of a hearth, furnace cylinder, water boiling tank, chimney and boxes for depositing impurities. There are three waste depositing boxes. They are made in such a way that it can be taken in and out of the furnace cylinder. One box is meant for depositing moist impurities, the second one for non moist impurities and the third one for plastic impurities. Impurities that are not moist can be directly taken into the fire inside the hearth through the furnace. Impurities that are moist are kept inside the furnace for some time so as to remove the moisture in it. Later it is put in fire. Plastic impurities are not directly put in the fire; instead they are allowed to melt within the furnace.

 

The plastic impurities are divided into two sections before refining in the fuel oven. The division is based upon thermo plastic impurities and thermo setting plastic impurities. Only thermo plastic impurities such as plastic covers and thin plastic sheets can be put in the fuel oven. When thermo plastics are fired a gas named ‘dioxin’ is formed. But the amount of this gas produced is 90% less when it is melted rather than directly burning. This knowledge inspired Rajendran in its development. House hold items like buckets, combs, mugs etc are made of thermo setting plastic. He says that the amount of dioxin formed by the melting of such plastic is 50% more.

 

Impurities in our houses can be used as fuel for the burning of hearth. The heat that comes into the furnace from the burning hearth can be used to boil the water inside the water boiling tank, which is joined to the furnace. Rajendran suggests that a number of hearths can be connected to the furnace which can be used for cooking purposes. He even says that impurity refining systems that can decrease environmental problems are to be designed. According to his opinion not only impurity refining plants are needed, but also an impurity refining culture has to be created within the minds of people.