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capital cost. plants, replacing coal.
Technological Innovation in This coastal effort
Chennai demonstrates that when
The mission has reached its governance, transparency,
most on an industrial scale on and technology meet, even the
the coasts of Chennai and other most daunting environmental
major cities through advanced challenges like Chennai’s
Landfill Mining (Biomining).
massive landfills can be resolved.
Organizations like Blue Planet
The journey from the
are bridging the gap between
rivers of Arunachal to the
zero waste and circularity by
landfills of Chennai illustrates
reclaiming land from massive
that Swachhata is no longer
legacy dump sites.
merely a governmental initiative;
Since 2016, this initiative has
it has rather evolved into a
processed over 1.7 crore tonnes of
shared national consciousness.
waste and reclaimed 2,000 acres
Whether through the passionate
of land. The process is highly
‘Jai Hind’ of a volunteer, the
sophisticated, using state-of-
community paintbrushes of
the-art technology to separate
Nagaon, the analytical tools
organic matter from recyclables.
of a Bengaluru engineer, or
For example:
• Soil and Stones : Reclaimed the sophisticated biomining
inert materials are reused in machines in Chennai, Jan
road construction, avoiding Bhagidari is the engine driving
the need for fresh mining. India toward a cleaner future.
• RDF (Refuse Derived As these diverse projects show,
Fuel): Non-recyclable than every individual effort, when
combustible waste is multiplied by millions, has the
converted into fuel for cement power to transform the nation.
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