Waste-to-energy plants to be installed in Mumbai’s 5 civic-run hospitals to treat organic waste

In India, The Indian Express reported that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is working towards setting up five mini waste-to-energy plants in each of the major civic-run hospitals of Mumbai. The plants will serve as bio-methanation plants that will segregate as well as treat and recycle close to 2,000 kilograms of wet garbage generated within hospital campuses and will produce nearly 170 units of electricity per day, according to the report. The biogas generated from the plants will be used to run the hospital canteens, the report added.