MAPUSA
The State government has plans to set up incinerators to treat dry waste including plastics, which will not only help to generate energy but also save the cost of transporting dry waste to facilities outside the State.
“The government is seriously thinking about setting up of incinerator plants in Goa to treat dry waste. We are in talks with some people so that such incinerators are set up in the State. If that happens, we won’t have to send dry waste outside the State,” said Power Minister Nilesh Cabral.
The power minister was addressing the media during the inspection of the remediation process of legacy waste at the dumpsite in Mapusa.
Waste Management Minister Michael Lobo, Mapusa MLA Joshua D’Souza and other department officials were also present.
Cabral said the focus of the government was to clear entire Goa of garbage dumps which have been lying stacked for years together.
Waste Management Minister Michael Lobo informed that the State requires incineration technology which will take care of all dry waste.
He said at the moment, the government was compressing and baling dry garbage including plastics and sending it to a cement factory outside the State, which was turning out to be a costly affair.
He said plastics and dry waste like old clothes, shoes, goggles, belts were being bailed and sent to the cement factory by paying Rs 25,000 per truck.
“It is very expensive. If we set up an incinerator here, we won’t have to send the dry waste out of Goa,” Lobo said.
He said Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) can be produced by separating all the domestic and business dry waste by following different processing steps.
“The RDF after incineration can produce gas, steam and even electricity,” he said.
