Mumbai: Check how much this Kandivali society shells out each month to maintain a waste segregation machine

A housing society in Mumbai’s Kandivali on Friday installed a three-tonne waste segregation machine to manage its own garbage.

Gokul Heaven Society in Kandivali’s Thakur Complex has spent Rs 8 lakh on the machine. While the price seems steep, it has turned out to be economic for the society that has 285 committee members. Each member’s contribution of Rs 200 per month also includes maintenance of the machine.

The plant can generate up to 30 kg manure for 100 kg garbage - DNA Photo

The machine was inaugurated by local MLA Atul Bhatkalkar. Bhatkalkar then said that he will promote it at other societies in the locality as well.

"Apart from the machine cost, there is expenditure on providing a separate shed for it, and providing underground electric supply. So the approximate per month cost that a resident will bear would be Rs 200," said R Sawant, secretary, Gokul Heaven Housing Society.

Each day the society generates around 100 kg of waste every day. The machine will churn out 30 kg of manure from the decomposed garbage. The manure will then be used by the society at its garden.