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With the garbage plant away from habitation and a lot of land available, there is immense scope for expansion and improving services. “Plans for expansion of the plant and technical upgrade with new equipment are in the pipeline,” Naik said. The other issue is the plant is overdue for a technical upgrade,” said environmentalist Ramesh Gauns. The wet waste is composted and sold to agricultural farms.“The plant receives on an average four tonnes of wet and just over two tonnes of dry waste,” said chief officer, Bicholim municipal council (BMC), Vivek Naik. The residential areas are fairly clean, but plastic litter and garbage can be seen at the riverside bus stand and open spaces..