The Siddipet Municipality, in collaboration with Carbon Masters, was working to convert the waste produced in Siddipet town into bio-enriched organic manure, known as black gold by soil experts, in the first of its kind model in India. The Siddipet Municipality has named the product Carbonalites and plans to launch it into the market soon.
The Municipality signed a memorandum with Carbon Masters, with the support of Finance Minister T Harish Rao. The project’s goal is to reduce waste accumulation and convert it into the best fertiliser possible, which will eventually earn money for the municipality. Every day, the Sididpet Municipality generates 60 metric tonnes of waste.
15 tonnes of this is garden waste, and 10 tonnes is food waste. These 25 tonnes of waste will be used to prepare organic manure as well as generate biogas.
Carbon Masters Co-founder and Director Somnarayana stated that they would produce 4,000 to 5,000 bags of organic manure per year, aiming to produce 100 to 120 bags of manure per day. Putting the price of a 40 KG bag at Rs 300 each, Somnarayana said that they were planning to sell them across the Siddipet district initially. Apart from that, food waste is also producing 200 KGs of bio CNG every day.
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The municipality and Carbon masters hoped to earn Rs 15 lakh to Rs 20 lakh per annum on the project. It has also created employment for 20 locals.
According to reports, Somnarayana said the project will have multiple effects. In fact, he stated that it will work in a cycle, with multiple impacts. The use of waste as organic manure reduces waste piling on land while also lowering carbon emissions.
According to Somnarayana, using organic manure will significantly improve soil health. The Municipality has built a bio CNG cum organic fertiliser unit at Bussapur Dump yard near Siddipet with an outlay of Rs 6 crore. The bio CNG project is already in operation.
Siddipet Municipality was having 41,332 families (1.57 lakh population). The municipality is collecting the waste by employing 52 vehicles. Minister Harish Rao is expected to launch the carbonlites organic fertiliser brand shortly in Siddipet.
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