Chikalthana’s waste processing plant operational, says AMC

Aurangabad | Monday | 5th November, 2018

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The plant is yet to show results in terms of processing waste. Aurangabad: After conducting a series of trials on the decentralised waste processing plant at Chikalthana, the civic administration claimed that the plant had began full-fledged operations from Monday.In August this year, Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) signed a contract with Nagpur-based agency Waste Bin as part of which two sets of waste processing machines were brought to the city. The thicker bits are broken down using the shredding machine and the organic waste will be decomposed using windrows,” said Kazi.The dry waste is sorted into recyclable and rejected waste by waste pickers. “Through this process, the wet waste is divided into thicker and thinner bits. The rejected waste is then compressed into bales using bailing machine..