KOCHI: In what could be a major boost to decentralised waste disposal in the state, the Suchitwa Mission is all set to bring in indigenous technologies that could cater to waste disposal at the household level. The mission will host an exhibition during the fag end of this month, at which prominent players in the field of indigenous waste disposal will display their equipment. After a government-appointed technical committee approves a suitable technology from those presented at the exhibition, it will be distributed to households across the state through local bodies. The exhibition is to be held on November 28 and 29 at Kanakakkunnu Palace in Thiruvananthapuram.“Now the state government’s priority is on decentralised waste management. With such technologies, a major portion of the waste, especially the biodegradable portion, can be disposed of at the household level itself. We might still have to depend upon centralised systems for the disposal of plastic wastes. But we will be able to reduce the pressure on these centralised systems by resorting to such source segregation,” Suchitwa Mission director M Dileep Kumar said. Around 70 agencies from various parts of the country have already registered for the exhibition. These agencies will present their working models before the technical committee. The exhibition is open to local bodies as well as individual buyers. Composting units priced at Rs 400 and minor biogas plants worth Rs 6,000 are among the technologies that have been registered for the exhibition.Meanwhile, 44 agencies have come up in the tender floated for centralised waste treatment plants. “A technical committee will shortlist a few of these. The shortlist will be then sent to the various local bodies in the state. The local bodies will then chose a specific technology according to the particular requirement of their area, including population and land available,” Dileep said.
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