Evaluation of Potential of Energy from Jabalpur Municipal Solid Waste(MSW) for ECO-Sustainability

Waste disposal is one of the pressing problems.Millions of tons of municipal solid waste, hazardous/industrial wastes and agricultural wastes are handled daily throughout municipal areas. Each municipality confronts great challenges in disposing of its wastes in an efficient, cost effective and environmentally safe manner.Landfills in metropolitan areas are becoming full, and new ones are more difficult to open. Failure to effectively deal with these waste disposal problems could significantly impact the country’s economy as well as the health and welfare of its people. Population growth creates waste disposal problems thus inadequate waste disposal creates health and environmental problems.Per capital solid waste disposal will continue to be high in municipal areas. Solid waste landfills are becoming a mounting problem – creating space limitations and significant health concerns.So, the main objective is to find cost effective & Eco- friendly manner for recovering material & energy which can reduce the enormous quantity of solid waste currently disposed on land. The increasing sensitivity of public opinion towards impact of environmental pollution on climate change & human health has aroused interest in renewable energy like wind, solar, biomass and MSW. On the basis of calculation shown below, the 396 TPD of MSW generated under Jabalpur Municiple Coprporation ( As per 2001 census ) may be used to generate around 5 MW of Power by both the way either thermochemical conversion or bio-chemical conversion.