01 - Municipal Waste

The total quantity of Solid waste generated in the country is 160038.9 TPD of which 152749.5 TPD of waste is collected at a collection efficiency of 95.4%. 79956.3 TPD (50 %) of waste is treated and 29427.2 (18.4%) TPD is landfilled. 50655.4 TPD which is 31.7 % of the total waste generated remains un-accounted. (Source- Central Pollution Control Board, India)

Municipal Solid Waste generated in India to increase 7 times next 30 years

02 - Agricultural Waste

India generates about 620 million tonnes of agricultural waste every year.

Crop Residue Burning- A Major challenge. (Around 85-100 million tonnes of crop residue is burned across India every year).

Decomposed vegetables, Fruits, Crops etc.

03 - Forest Residue

Forest residues are a byproduct from forest harvesting, which is a major source of biomass for energy.

Includes thinning, cutting stands for timber or pulp, clearing lands for construction or other use that also yields tops and branches.

Types of waste include sawdust, off-cuts, trims, shavings.

04 - Animal Manure

India has about 535.78 million livestock population and the amount of livestock waste produces is about 3 million tonnes annually.

About 40% of global methane is produced by agriculture and livestock byproducts followed by 18% from waste disposal globally.

In India one of the most common practices of livestock waste utilization is usually collected at the end of the day, shaped into cakes, and used primarily as fuel.

05 - Press Mud

In the fiscal year 2022-23, India's sugar production reached 32.74 million tonnes, generating about 11.4 million tonnes of pressmud.

The primary sugarcane-growing states, notably Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, contribute significantly, covering approximately 65 % of India's total sugarcane cultivation area.

It eliminates pretreatment costs as it lacks the organic polymer lignin, unlike agriresidue.

It eliminates the complexities associated with the feedstock supply chain.

06 - Bagasse

It is estimated that over 75–90 million tonnes of wet residual lignocellulosic sugarcane bagasse (RSB) are produced annually from 600 operational sugar mills in India.

It is likely to touch 387.8 mt in 2030.

Bagasse is available at a single location, thereby eliminating the need to collect it from distributed locations.