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#News(Startup) [ via IoTForIndiaGroup ]
How the machine works
The mixed waste filled in plastic bags is cut open by a bag breaking system and then sent into the shredder through a conveyor belt.
“Since a single-sized knife cannot cut all kinds of waste material, we had to go back and research to overcome this problem,” says Nivedha. She decided to design an in-built air blower, which would blow away less moist particles and segregate the wet waste.
[Bengaluru-based TrashCon was chosen as a Tech30 startup this year. The company segregates and recycles solid waste after it is collected from your home. YouStory]
TrashCon’s shredders generate two streams of waste – biodegradable and non-biodegradable.
The biodegradable component is processed into manure and biogas. She says, “Manure is sold by communities and the municipality. We sell the biogas to Shell.”
She claims that one of these machines is currently at work in Srinagar ward (no 156), in Bengaluru, processing five tonnes of municipal waste each day.
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