BENGALURU, February 6, 2016
Updated: February 6, 2016 05:32 IST
British offer to turn used cooking oil into bio-diesel
B. S. Satish Kumar
A British firm has come forward to help Bengaluru to turn used cooking
oil into bio-diesel as part of a project to covert waste into wealth. If
this proposal materialises, a few KSRTC or BMTC buses may run on
bio-diesel generated from waste cooking oil.
A British delegation met Bengaluru City Development Minister K. J.
George in Bengaluru on Friday and discussed the potential of the
project. A similar one in London was successful with 20 to 25 buses
running on this fuel, said the minister.
The proposed project in Bengaluru envisages collection of used cooking
oil through private agencies and processing it. The minister said the
government was ready to get the British expertise in helping the local
entrepreneurs on the project and the fuel could be used for KSRTC or BMTC.
Mr. George said several foreign companies had come forward to help set
up waste-to-energy projects in Bengaluru, which was facing problems
related to disposal of garbage. “In fact, we have such an overwhelming
offer that the waste requirement for these projects has overshot the
actual availability of garbage in the city,” he said.
This includes the proposal by the Yokohama city corporation of Japan to
set up a pilot waste-to-energy project with a capacity of 100 metric
tonnes at a subsidised cost of 50 per cent. They wanted the State
government to share 50 per cent of the cost of the project. Their
proposal was being studied by the officials concerned, he noted.
Similarly, a Poland-based company had come forward to offer technology
for generating electricity from the sludge in the sewage treatment
plants. A German firm too had offered to provide technology for setting
up waste-to-energy project.
All these proposals were being examined, the minister said.
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