Odisha's Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is on its way to operate 11 Micro Composting Centres (MCCs) functional by first week of December. Each MCC has the processing capacity of up to five tonnes per day. The wet or bio-degradable waste will be converted into compost and greatly help in addressing waste management issues in the capital city. 

The city has four MCCs at various locations. Of the four, 3 units can process waste up to 5 tonnes per day (TPD), the capacity of another unit is 3 TPD. Seven other MCCs are of 5 TPD capacity. By the end of December, the BMC is planning to make another 10 MCCs functional. “We are working relentlessly to start operation of as many as MCCs in the city soon after completion of its construction and getting necessary manpower to run these facilities. These MCCs will ensure that wet or bio-degradable waste generated from the households are processed and converted into compost,” said Deputy Commissioner (Sanitation), BMC, Suvendu Kumar Sahu.

The BMC is deploying Swaccha Sathis from various women self-help groups (SHGs), provided training on how to handle segregated bio-degradable waste, shred and process it to make compost. Swaccha Sathis will then produce compost from the waste, to be sold in markets at nominal prices. Proceedings from the sales will be used for development of MCCs and payment of wages of Swaccha Sathis. One SHG will be attached to each MCC, with four of its members to work as Swachh Sathis. 

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