Bagalur Bande, a stone quarry where waste was dumped, has been developed as a garden. This can be an example for other quarry pits where the civic body is dumping waste,” said Ramprasad, a solid waste management activist. Starting in May 2016, the quarry pit took 300-400 tonnes of mixed waste every day. The waste in the quarry pit is likely to release methane gas and leachate for up to four years. “We are trying to check if the methane release is strong enough to harness it for electricity,” said Mr. Khan.

Source: The Hindu September 15, 2017 03:33 UTC